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A 2nd answer: A more complete answer would be to say that the middle ages had a mixed economy, rather than a free market. Particularly during the central and later middle ages there was significant control on certain types of manufacturing, crafts, and trade. Trade guilds were a combination of labor union and regulatory body, holding control over a particular craft or trade, setting wages and conditions for the workers, and also requiring minimum standards for the work and in some cases setting prices. A baker's guild, for example, would not only have rules for the treatment of apprentices, the wages of journeymen, etc, but would also serve to protect the public by examining the quality and weight of bread and setting the prices of loaves. Municipalities might also have laws or regulations to control the price of certain goods and services.

The economy was far from planned, however, and there was much free trade and individual initiative in the function of the economy.

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