> "Free Market" is a terrible term, the freedom of the market needs to be defined.
Free market: A market that is free from government interference, prices rising and falling in accordance with supply and demand.
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20...
> Does the market a business exists in give you the freedom to not be burgled?
Yes, it gives you that freedom.
> Does it give you the freedom to not have to pay for healthcare for your employees?
Yes, it gives you that freedom.
> Does it provide some level of free training to those employees?
Are horses brown? Depends on the horse. Does that mean “horse” is a “terrible term”? No.
> If you're a fisherman and there's another fisherman does the market ensure that other fisherman won't exhaust the ecosystem?
No, because the lack of property rights in that situation creates a tragedy of the commons.
Free market: A market that is free from government interference, prices rising and falling in accordance with supply and demand.
https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20...
> Does the market a business exists in give you the freedom to not be burgled?
Yes, it gives you that freedom.
> Does it give you the freedom to not have to pay for healthcare for your employees?
Yes, it gives you that freedom.
> Does it provide some level of free training to those employees?
Are horses brown? Depends on the horse. Does that mean “horse” is a “terrible term”? No.
> If you're a fisherman and there's another fisherman does the market ensure that other fisherman won't exhaust the ecosystem?
No, because the lack of property rights in that situation creates a tragedy of the commons.