How is the role of government determined in the american free enterprise system?

i would believe that the government plays an important role in a market economy As we saw in our discussion of competitive markets, a free enterprise system is largely self-regulating. Therefore, government plays a limited, but important, role, allowing individuals to make most of the economic decisions.

the american free enterprise system is based on private property, profit, competition and consumer choice. so govt role is to make sure those conditions are there; e. g. there is fair competition, regulate monopolies so consumer will have choices, enforce laws protecting property rights n so on.