free-marketeer

Deregulation policy supporter

A free-marketeer advocates for minimal government intervention in economic affairs, believing markets function best when left to regulate themselves through supply and demand.

The term often carries political connotations, associating with libertarian or conservative economic philosophy: The free-marketeers in Congress opposed the subsidy bill.

ideology

laissez-faire

Noninterference in commerce

libertarianism · objectivism · individualism · limited government · privatization · self-regulation · property rights · fiscal conservatism · supply-side · monetarism

advocacy

privatization

State sells public assets

entrepreneurship · regulatory reform · tariff reduction

thinkers

Adam Smith

Classical economics founder

Milton Friedman · Margaret Thatcher · Ronald Reagan · Ron Paul · James Buchanan

criticism

trickle-down

Theory wealth spreads below

exploitation · crony capitalism · monopoly · oligopoly · wealth concentration · austerity · labor exploitation · greed · robber baron

trade

globalization

Worldwide economic and cultural integration

outsourcing · offshoring · supply chain · international commerce · comparative advantage · foreign investment · trade surplus · trade barriers · multilateralism

Opposites
economic ideology

free-marketeersocialist

Proponent of collective ownership

communist · Marxist · statist · collectivist · anti-capitalist

attitude toward government economic control

free-marketeerinterventionist

Advocate for outside involvement

statist · regulator · nationalizer · paternalist · mercantilist

Family

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