Tricks of the Trade: A Markets Odyssey

Marketplace All-in-One

We call ourselves “Marketplace,” so part of our job is exploring how marketplaces work, in all their forms. Come with me as we visit five markets, all in the near-orbit of this program’s world headquarters in Los Angeles. None are financial markets in a formal sense, but all markets are financial markets in a way, right? My goal was to learn from the experts the right and the wrong moves in places where humans buy and sell face to face.

This is “Tricks of the Trade,” a Marketplace special. What we can learn from the pros at five marketplaces.