 How Did "Free Markets" Start? |
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| How Did "Free Markets" Start? |
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| 3. "Free
Markets" Permitted in Cities To enable farmers to sell their produce directly to urban consumers, the government designated outdoor areas in residential areas of cities and towns as official "free market" areas where the farmers were allowed to sell directly to consumers. It didn't take long for urban consumers to see that produce being sold by the farmers at these "free markets" was incomparably better than what they had under the government-controlled system. The "free markets" became an overnight success and the farmers began to grow rich. Today, the "free markets" ( |
 Typical "Free Market" area.  Noticeably better produce available. |
and 
)
in China look and operate much like the open-air or farmers' markets that have become
popular in the U.S. 