Black marketing exists when:

the citizens are greedy and disgraceful.
the government has imposed price controls.
supply is greater than demand.
quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded.


 

In the former Soviet Union consumers spent a lot of time standing in line waiting to buy things. The fancy term for such lines is:

Lorenz Curves.
Engel Curves.
elasticities.
queues.


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