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Re: The NEXT World Wide Panorama
tflyfish2002 2005-Jan-24 00:34:00
I hope your not to serious about Walmart? There are some very good
things about the USA, but walmart is not one of them.
I've got my thinking cap on here in Redding Northern Cal and I have a
brilliant idea, well brilliant to me anyway....
Barry
-- In #removed#, Roger Howard <#removed#> wrote:
> I think this new theme is great, and a great addition to the broad
> themes we've already visited.
>
> Markets are the thriving heart of society; traditionally, a market was
> more than just a place to pick your produce - it was the forum for the
> exchange of cultural and economic goods, the crossroads where barter
> and sale brought together people from across the land. Modern day
> markets are much more focused, yet there remains in many places
> thriving traditional markets - in the US we often call them "farmer's
> markets" for they are typically the place where small farms and ranches
> pitch their offerings to folks without a middleman, and without a
> barcode scanner. There are also economic markets - stock and bonds -
> where entire economies are represented. A market may be the bodega on
> every corner in NYC, or the sole general store in a small agri-village
> in Central California, or a boundless Super WalMart taking over a ruins
> in Mexico. Markets are not just where people spend money; they are a
> meeting place, a social venue and weekly ritual for many. My first job
> was in a small neighborhood market near Los Angeles, built in 1915,
> where even today familiar customers can rush over in the middle of
> dinner to grab something off the shelf, wave it towards the checker,
> and run home to incorporate it in their meal without so much as signing
> a receipt. Markets build community, nourish and supply, and support
> livelihoods.
>
> I look forward to seeing the variety of marketplaces this great group
> documents.
>
> -R