[Ed. Note:  I agree with Perelman's point below re the need for a new 
thread and I am posting responses to this discussion under "Market 
Origins."  -- HB] 
 
 
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Anthony Brewer and Pat Gunning are emphasizing the spontaneous origins 
of markets.  Mary Schweitzer suggested the importance of a legal 
infrastructure to nurture markets.  This discussion has verged off from 
the subject of Polanyi, who may have been sympathetic to the idea of 
spontaneous origins.  At least, I do not recall him pointing a finger 
anybody for "creating" the fictitious markets in land, labor and money. 
 
I would like to see us follow through on this new thread.  We have 
already agreed that some people (although we may diaagree about the 
proportions) were anxious to break the communitarian (or feudal or 
whatever other labels you prefer) traditions and try to enrich 
themselves. 
 
How much was their success dependent on the creation of new forms of 
state or legal infrastructures, such as Mary discussed? 
 
-- 
Michael Perelman 
Economics Department 
California State University 
Chico, CA 95929 
 
Tel. 916-898-5321 
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