Identity shapes who trades with whom
In a large open-air market, buying and selling relationships are not neutral exchanges between strangers. They are built on gender, ethnic and class identities, which shape who deals with whom and on what terms.
Governments can set off market crises
An economic crisis in a market system can start with government action rather than with the traders themselves. A government's economic program can instigate a crisis that the market then has to live through.
Women can dominate a major market
In a country's largest open-air market and its regional trading networks, women from one ethnic group make up the largest block of traders. Large-scale trade there is mainly women's work.