'''Free Enterprise''' is commerce with [[business]] transactions carried on between private individuals or corporations without [[state]] interference or mandatory collective bargaining. Free enterprise brought unprecedented prosperity to the U.S. and Britain after the [[Industrial Revolution]], but its benefits were sharply limited by government regulation and unions in Britain in the 20th century and, to a lesser extent, the United States. | '''Free Enterprise''' is commerce with [[business]] transactions carried on between private individuals or corporations without [[state]] interference or mandatory collective bargaining. Free enterprise brought unprecedented prosperity to the U.S. and Britain after the [[Industrial Revolution]], but its benefits were sharply limited by government regulation and unions in Britain in the 20th century and, to a lesser extent, the United States. |