what is an example of voluntary exchange in everyday life 
examples of voluntary exchange abound in everyday life in the u s for instance you may go to a coffee shop every morning the owner of the store can freely choose how they would like to set their prices as a consumer you can freely able to choose whether or not to make a purchase the bottom linea free market is one where voluntary exchange and the laws of supply and demand are the basis for the economic system crucially a free market is defined by the absence of government control while no modern country has a completely free market those that have relatively free markets tend to value private property capitalism and individual liberties 