Intro to Economic Life 5: The Rise of Fluid Interdependence

The market vortex and its 'forces'

If you type ‘market’ into a Google image search, you’ll get countless pictures of vendors selling fruits, vegetables, jars of honey and crafts from little stalls in some town square. This isn’t just a quirk of the Google algorithm. For many people, the quintessential image of a ‘market’ is a small farmer’s market in a country town, perhaps during the me…