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Markets: A market in economics is a physical or virtual place where buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services. Markets allow people to specialize in different areas of production, they provide competition, and promote innovation. See also Competition, Progress, Economy, Goods, Exchange, Trade, Innovation.
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James Surowiecki on Markets - Dictionary of Arguments

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Markets/SurowieckiVsSmith, Vernon L. /Surowiecki: Smith's laboratory results (1) (See Markets/Smith, Vernon
) do not apply to all markets, as they are often a) distorted in real terms, b) there are different markets, e. g. securities markets are structured differently and have to do with more volatile prices. Markets do not even compensate for differences in wealth. Neither Smith's nor Arrow's and Debreu's results indicate whether markets deliver optimal social outcomes.
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However, Smith has shown that market participants - regardless of their level of education and information - can coordinate. They can reach mutually beneficial goals, even if they do not have a clear understanding of what these goals are and what measures are needed to achieve them.
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Stock markets/Surowiecki: in the real economy there are no such phenomena as on the stock market: the price of a television set does not suddenly double overnight and collapses again a few months later.
>Stock market.

1. Vernon L. Smith’ Studie über sein erstes Klassenzimmer-Experiment ist »An Experimental Study of Competitive Behavior«, Journal of Political Economy 70/1962, S.111-137. Viele der seither zu diesem Thema über die Jahre von ihm publizierten Aufsätze sind in zwei Bänden gesammelt: Smith, Papers in Experimental Economics (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991); und Smith, Bargaining and Market Behavior (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000).

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