On. Yu. Mamedov. Modern economics (№ 464044)

A participant in a market economy must initially have the freedom to independently choose benefits. By acting in the interests of his own benefit, as well as choosing a way to achieve it, a participant in market production expands the choice for other participants who react to his choice, and he himself takes into account the actions of others. Therefore, a market economy can be defined as a continuous process of joint achievement of individual and social net benefits by its participants.