Economic Systems and Freedom

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Capitalism does have it's weaknesses and drawbacks, but is there any other economic system that promotes freedom as well as Capitalism? All of the systems based on Marxism require force of government. Communism only seems to work if the people are forced to remain in the country, with few outsiders allowed in. Socialism doesn't seem to come with the iron curtain mentality, but still requires the participants to let others decide their "need" from their "excess"... and with all the "fairness" and "equality" rhetoric, those making the decisions seem to have more "need" than anyone else. True Anarchy (as opposed to what most people envision when the hear the word) would probably come the closest. However, there is little to no recourse when one or more of the participants decides they don't want to participate. For all economic and government sytems, I have this question. Kind of my "litmus test" of individual freedom. "What (if anything) interfers with your freedoms? In the Marxist based systems, it's the people in charge of deciding what a person's "needs" are and what is "excess". In Anarchy it's basically "who dares wins", meaning that whoever is unable or unwilling to defend themselves, probably won't last long against those willing to take it. In capitalism, there are no built in limits. The individual gets to decide what to go for or what to stay away from. No guarantees means there is no limit to success or failure.