>> People often confuse “free” with “unregulated”, too. >No they don't. That is the very definition.
Using that definition amounts to classifying all real markets as non-free.
Unregulated markets cannot exists in reality or in a sound theory, only in wishy-washy fairy tales.
I'm not recommending we build a frictionless plane, I'm just saying it doesn't have friction. This is the most politely I've ever been called a libertarian.