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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 927028" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>The only example of a classic market I've ever run into was the municipal market in Barcelona. It was divided into sections of equally sized stalls specializing in particular foods: one section for cheese, one of fruit, one for vegetables, and so on. Each of the vendors had pretty much the same products; the local folks came in each day and shopped with the vendors who had what they wanted. That meant that the consumers set the product lines and a maximum price. My wife and I were shopping for some cheese and stopped at a stand selling Gouda (real Gouda) for €2 a pound. We were about to but when the dealer across the way said, "!.90." We looked at our original guy and he said, 1.85." I looked at the other vendor and he said, "1.80." I looked back at the other guy and he held up his hands. So we bought from the other vendor. </p><p></p><p>Sounds great, doesn't it? Just like in the textbooks. Until you learned that the entire space was subsided to the hilt by the city, that getting a stall was highly selective, that the food - and the flowers, of course - were subject to very strict regulations, and that the inspectors were a terror to all the vendors. It was a functioning classic market and a government supported potted plant. I think that's the only way they can emerge and survive in advanced capitalist economies. Really good cheese, btw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 927028, member: 265"] The only example of a classic market I've ever run into was the municipal market in Barcelona. It was divided into sections of equally sized stalls specializing in particular foods: one section for cheese, one of fruit, one for vegetables, and so on. Each of the vendors had pretty much the same products; the local folks came in each day and shopped with the vendors who had what they wanted. That meant that the consumers set the product lines and a maximum price. My wife and I were shopping for some cheese and stopped at a stand selling Gouda (real Gouda) for €2 a pound. We were about to but when the dealer across the way said, "!.90." We looked at our original guy and he said, 1.85." I looked at the other vendor and he said, "1.80." I looked back at the other guy and he held up his hands. So we bought from the other vendor. Sounds great, doesn't it? Just like in the textbooks. Until you learned that the entire space was subsided to the hilt by the city, that getting a stall was highly selective, that the food - and the flowers, of course - were subject to very strict regulations, and that the inspectors were a terror to all the vendors. It was a functioning classic market and a government supported potted plant. I think that's the only way they can emerge and survive in advanced capitalist economies. Really good cheese, btw. [/QUOTE]
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