Social market economy: The social market economy is an economic system that combines free market forces with state intervention for social protection. It promotes competition and entrepreneurship while supporting social justice, equal opportunities and an appropriate distribution of resources. The state regulates markets to ensure fair conditions, but also enables individual entrepreneurial freedom. See also Economic systems, Society, Economy, State._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |