The United States economy is a free enterprise system because anyone is free to start a business. You do not have to get permission from the government to start a business, although you will be expected to obey laws and regulations.
Mariottti, Steve and Glackin, Caroline. Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business. New York: Pearson, 2013, 5.
If ever a qualifying clause swallowed the main clause of a sentence this is it. In today's America (we're number 20 in freedom!) it is increasingly the case that you do indeed need permission from the government to start a business. Occupational licensing - that is, asking the government for permission to start a business - is something that has been debated in certain political quarters for quite some time now. Luckily, it's an issue that is starting to get attention from all quarters. The Obama administration even recently published a report on this problem and though they find a lot to criticize about the practice, the report offers a bit too much support for my tastes.
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