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Edmund Burke: Market is the meeting and conference of the consumer and producer, when they mutually discover each other's wants.

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Market is the meeting and conference of the consumer and producer, when they mutually discover each other's wants.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke describes the market as a space where consumers and producers communicate their needs.

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