You're right that the "unfettered free market" doesn't work - which is why very few people are calling for such a thing.
This idea may come back if unfettered markets and inequality run rampant.
The idea was that farmers would flourish in an unfettered market.
Some critics say the groups' support for unfettered markets promotes a form of social Darwinism.
The result of an unfettered market and cheap Japanese imports!
It is worth remembering that free and unfettered markets have been the exception in Japan, not the rule.
Still, it is hardly an unfettered market, because of the religious imperative.
Even the right-wing paramilitaries questioned the value of an unfettered free market.
As always the problem with low state control and unfettered markets is that there will never be a 'level' palying field.
Finding a middle way between a government-run program and an unfettered private market will mean big changes for beneficiaries.