Market-based policies aim to increase productivity by increasing labor market regulation, whereas interventionist policies rely on deregulation to foster competition.

Market-based policies utilize tax cuts and welfare reform to increase incentives to work and invest, whereas interventionist policies involve targeted government funding to improve infrastructure and education.

Market-based policies are designed to manage short-run aggregate demand via government capital spending, whereas interventionist policies focus purely on shifting the long-run aggregate supply curve.

Market-based policies aim to reduce structural unemployment by nationalizing key public utilities, whereas interventionist policies use privatization to increase economic efficiency.