A free market exists
A. when the government places few restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.
B. when the government places absolutely no restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.
C. only in fiction. There are no markets or economies which even come close to approaching the status of a free market.
D. when the government places significant restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.