Afree market exists a. when the government places significant restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed. b. only in fiction. there are no markets or economies which even come close to approaching the status of a free market. c. when the government places few restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed. d. when the government places absolutely no restrictions on how a good or a service can be produced or sold or on how a factor of production can be employed.