Walk into Ariara Market in Onitsha, Balogun Market in Lagos, and you will hear the noise before you see the commerce. It is a chaotic symphony of haggling, shouting, and movement. To an economist, this is a price war, a rational exchange of goods for cash. But look closer.
A woman purchasing expe
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