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To people operating in India's economy, actually existing markets are remarkably different from how planners and academics conceive them. From the outside, they appear as demarcated arenas of exchange bound by state-imposed rules. As historical and social realities, however, markets are dynamic, adaptative, and ambiguous spaces. This book delves into this intricate context, exploring Indian markets through the competition and collaboration of those who frame and participate in markets. Anchored in vivid case studies - from colonial property and advertising milieus to today's bazaar and criminal economies - this volume underlines the friction and interdependence between commerce, society, and state. Contributors from history, anthropology, political economy, and development studies synthesize existing scholarly approaches, add new perspectives on Indian capitalism's evolution, and reveal the transactional specificities that underlie the real-world functioning of markets.

Informal sector (Economics) --- Bazaars (Markets) --- Markets --- Bazaars, Oriental --- Bazars (Markets) --- Oriental bazaars --- Souks --- Fairs --- Public markets --- Commerce --- Market towns --- India --- Economic conditions.

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"Long before the financial meltdown and the red alert on climate change, some far-sighted innovators diagnosed the fatal flaws in an economic system driven by greed and fear. Across the global North and South, diverse people - financial wizards, economists, business people and social activists - have been challenging the "free market" orthodoxy. They seek to recover the virtues of bazaars from the tyranny of a market model that emerged about two centuries ago. This widely praised book is a chronicle of their achievements. From Wall Street icon George Soros and VISA card designer Dee Hock we get an insider critique of the malaise. Creators of community currencies and others, like the father of microfinance, Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus, explore how money can work differently. The doctrine of self-interest is re-examined by looking more closely at Adam Smith through the eyes of Amartya Sen. Mahatma Gandhi's concept of 'Trusteeship' gathers strength as the socially responsible investing phenomenon challenges the power of capital. Pioneers of the open source and free software movement thrive on cooperation to drive innovation. The Dalai Lama and Ela Bhatt demonstrate that it is possible to compete compassionately and to nurture a more mindful market culture. This sweeping narrative takes you from the ancient Greek agora, Indian choupal, and Native American gift culture, on to present-day Wall Street to illuminate ideas, subversive and prudent, about how the market can serve society rather than being its master. In a world exhausted by dogma, Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom is an open quest for possible futures. This fully updated and revised UK version of the 2009 Vodafone Crossword Book Award winner for non-fiction is a rare and epic narrative about those who have been quietly forging solutions and demonstrating that a more compassionate market culture is both possible and desirable."--Provided by publisher.

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Bazaars (Markets) --- Markets --- Bazars orientaux --- Marchés --- Rome --- Commerce --- Economic conditions --- Conditions économiques --- History --- History. --- Economic conditions. --- Rome (Italy) --- Marchés --- Conditions économiques --- Bazaars, Oriental --- Bazars (Markets) --- Oriental bazaars --- Souks --- Fairs --- Rome (Italy : Commune) --- Rome (Italy : Governatorato) --- Rūmah (Italy) --- Roma (Italy) --- Rom (Italy) --- Rím (Italy) --- Rzym (Italy) --- Comune di Roma (Italy) --- Rome (Italy : Comune) --- Bazaars (Markets) - Rome - History --- Rome - Commerce - History --- Rome - Economic conditions --- Commerce.