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A market is any one of a variety of different
systems, institutions, procedures, social relations
and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and
goods and services are exchanged, forming part
of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows
buyers and sellers to exchange things.[1] Markets
vary in size, range, geographic scale, location,
types and variety of human communities, as well
as the types of goods and services traded. Some
examples include local farmers' markets held in
town squares or parking lots, shopping centers
and shopping malls, international currency and
commodity markets, legally created markets such
as for pollution permits, and illegal markets
such as the market for illicit drugs.
In mainstream economics, the concept of a market
is any structure that allows buyers and sellers
to exchange any type of goods, services and information.
The exchange of goods or services for money is
a transaction. Market participants consist of
all the buyers and sellers of a good who influence
its price. This influence is a major study of
economics and has given rise to several theories
and models concerning the basic market forces
of supply and demand. There are two roles in markets,
buyers and sellers. The market facilitates trade
and enables the distribution and allocation of
resources in a society. Markets allow any tradable
item to be evaluated and priced. A market emerges
more or less spontaneously or is constructed deliberately
by human interaction in order to enable the exchange
of rights (cf. ownership) of services and goods.
Historically, markets originated in physical marketplaces
which would often develop into — or from — small
communities, towns and cities. |
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