marketization
noun
mar·ket·i·za·tion
ˌmär-kə-tə-ˈzā-shən 
: the act or process of entering into, participating in, or introducing a free market economy
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Washington must strive to convince the world that China’s current economic challenges are of its own making—the product of excess state intervention and insufficient marketization—rather than inadvertently promote the notion that the United States is responsible.
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Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2023
As a strategy of avoidance and delay, marketization worked—for a time.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
The first online age was that of marketization.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
So this marketization is having its own very peculiar effect.
—Nicole Froio, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 May 2021
However, even ignoring the exaggerated claim about marketization, the only obvious replacement for market prices is arbitrary valuation by elites, of which one example might be Carney.
—Philip Cross, National Review, 23 Apr. 2021
Indeed, the marketization of the sport has already hurt many of them.
—Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Mar. 2018
It has been hollowed out by decades of outsourcing and marketization.
—Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 20 June 2017
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Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2023
As a strategy of avoidance and delay, marketization worked—for a time.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
The first online age was that of marketization.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
So this marketization is having its own very peculiar effect.
—Nicole Froio, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 May 2021
However, even ignoring the exaggerated claim about marketization, the only obvious replacement for market prices is arbitrary valuation by elites, of which one example might be Carney.
—Philip Cross, National Review, 23 Apr. 2021
Indeed, the marketization of the sport has already hurt many of them.
—Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Mar. 2018
It has been hollowed out by decades of outsourcing and marketization.
—Pankaj Mishra, New York Times, 20 June 2017
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“Marketization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketization. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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