[discostu]

But the buyers and the sellers are more aware of any potential problems with the Nielson’s numbers than you and I could ever be, the buyers and the sellers both spend serious money supplementing and verifying those numbers, and they agree that the numbers are good enough to determine the dollar value of their exchanges. So clearly by definition the market is free, whether you’re willing to accept the truth of that fact or not.

[Mad Dawgg]

"But the buyers and the sellers are more aware of any potential problems with the Nielson’s numbers than you and I could ever be, the buyers and the sellers both spend serious money supplementing and verifying those numbers, and they agree that the numbers are good enough to determine the dollar value of their exchanges. So clearly by definition the market is free, whether you’re willing to accept the truth of that fact or not.

So by your definition a Market in which an outside entity sets the price is still a Free Market because the buyer and the seller still exchange money and goods?