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(See [[Free Market Theory]] for the economic theory.)
 
(See [[Free Market Theory]] for the economic theory.)
  
Our actual markets, that libertarians call "free markets", are products of government:
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[[Real Markets|Our actual markets]], that libertarians call "free markets", are products of government:
  
 
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The identification of the "free market" with "[[laissez faire]]" was notably used in the 1962 Capitalism and Freedom, by economist [[Milton Friedman]], which [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1003.lynn-longman.html is credited with popularizing this usage.]
 
The identification of the "free market" with "[[laissez faire]]" was notably used in the 1962 Capitalism and Freedom, by economist [[Milton Friedman]], which [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2010/1003.lynn-longman.html is credited with popularizing this usage.]
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And of course, the first thing a "free market" will sell will be the coercion that undermines its freedom.
 
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