It is normally the case in research on market price to identify the central market either by looking at population data, the volume and directions of flows of commodities, and by identifying nodes on transport networks or by spotting it as the physical centre of regulatory intervention. This...

Responding to three plenary addresses at the DSA conference 2008, and another written contribution, this paper comments on the invisible hand; the dynamics of institutional change; the role of the (commodified) state; 'markets' versus actually existing capitalism and the implications of global...