IN MOST OF EASTERN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST WHAT AMERICANS CALL "FLEA MARKETS" ARE COMMON SIGHTS...
INDEED STREET VENDORS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACES IN THESE "THIRD WORLD" ECONOMIES...
THESE MARKETS ARE USUALLY FOUND WHERE PEOPLE CONGREGATE...LIKE METRO STATIONS AND LARGE MIDANS OR SQUARES...
THESE "MICRO-CAPITALIST" MARKETS ARE THE FABLED SOUKS AND "BAZARS" OF ARABY...AND THE RYNOKS OF POST-SOVIET EASTERN EUROPE...
THE NON-WESTERN ECONOMIES ARE THE ULTIMATE EXAMPLES OF "MICRO-CAPITALISM" ... IN ACTION...
THESE ECONOMIES ARE RESIGNED TO HAVING A "JOBLESS ECONOMY" FOR MOST PEOPLE...
AND THE PEOPLE HAVE ADAPTED...
IN CAIRO, ISTANBUL, KIEV, BUDAPEST AND EVEN ATHENS...IMPROMPTU "STREET MARKETS" ABOUND...
OFTEN THE VENDOR WILL HAVE THEIR WARES DISPLAYED ON A BLANKET ON THE SIDEWALK...WITH THE EDGES TURNED UP...SO THEY CAN FLEE IF THE POLICE SHOW UP...
IN SOME PLACES....THE MARKETS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED...EVEN ANCIENT...
PEOPLE WILL SHOP FOR SMALL ITEMS FOR "DINNER"....VEGETABLES, FRUITS, BAKED GOODS...
AND MAYBE A NICE CUP OF WARM "KVAS" TO PASS THE DAY...
IF THE US REMAINS 'JOBLESS'...AS I THINK IT WILL...THERE NEEDS TO BE A PLACE FOR THE LONG TERM JOBLESS...TO ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF "MICRO-CAPITALIST" VENDING...
THAT IS REALLY THE ROLE OF EBAY AND AMAZON TODAY FOR A LOT OF AMERICANS WHO SELL...OR TRY TO SELL ...ON THESE WEB SITES...TO MAKE NEEDED MONEY.
THESE ARE OUR "ELECTRONIC BAZAARS"...
THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED ASAP... SOME OF THIS FEDERAL SPENDING SHOULD BE TO SET UP AMERICAN STYLE "FLEA MARKETS" FOR THE NEW PERMANENT UNEMPLOYED CLASS...WHICH IS GROWING FASTER EVERYDAY...!
