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The answer is A) The needs and wants of the people.
The reason being is that a free market is ran with the consumers best interest.
Answer:
A. The needs and wants of the people
Explanation:
Free market economy is a situation whereby the prices and productions are determined freely by the needs and wants of the people. That is, the force of demand and supply, or the buyers and sellers conducting businesses without government regulation. In other words, it's a purely capitalist economy, where by the profit is what dictates how the businesses are conducted such that it functions at optimum level, so as not to lose ground/market share to competitors.
Example of countries operating free market economy are but not limited to China, Hong Kong,Singapore etc.
