The free market economy is a system devised to resolve the basic economic problem (resources having to be allocated to many competing users that have infinite wants) through the market mechanism. The centrally planned economy is an economic system where government go through detailed planning procedures to allocate resources in society. The Free Market Economy: The government provides public goods and services, but in order to pay for these the government need to raise some funds this is done through taxation. The government is also responsible for the issuing of money, it’s value and keeping stable prices. The government are also responsible for ‘free goods’ (a good or service available in quantities larger than desired for zero price) if this is not regulated the free goods may be misused or abused. In a free market economy the government also has the right to eliminate any monopolies, so a fair competitive market can be maintained. The government can also control the activities of trade unions, this is because particular firms or trade unions may seek to gain control over individual markets. In the market economy the government should intervene as little as possible. Government regulation should be the minimum required to protect the orderly working of the market economy. The free market sees government spending confined to the spending of public goods. In a free market economy almost all factors of production (FOPs) are owned privately. The government have the responsibility to uphold the rights of the citizens to own a property; this is generally done through the legal system. Free enterprise exists in free market economies these are when the owner of FOPs and producers of goods and services have the right to buy and sell what the own or produce through market mech ...