How do you free market economies grow?

Answer 1

Growth in Free Market Economy is achieved because a free market can allocate resources much more efficiently than can a controlled economy. Also the free market has a profit/loss price mechanism whereas a controlled economy does not. This sets the controlled economy up for what is called the economic calculation problem, in which the command economy does not know which way to best allocate resources, since the only way you can find this out is through a price mechanism in which your guide is the profit/loss system, instead of arbitrary guesses by bureaucrats. It is also because a free market allows for private property rights, which eliminates the problem known as the tragedy of the commons.