noun
- plural of antimarket; systems, movements, or practices that oppose or resist market-based economic mechanisms and free-market ideology
Usage: often used in academic, political, or economic discourse; may refer to alternative economic models or critiques of capitalism
Examples
- Some scholars advocate for antimarkets as a way to reduce inequality.
- The cooperative movement represents one form of antimarkets in practice.
- Critics argue that antimarkets cannot efficiently allocate resources.
- Community-based exchange systems are examples of antimarkets.
- The debate between proponents of markets and antimarkets continues in economic theory.