Most of us think about goods and services when we think about markets. But Salim Furth, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, applies the economic term “markets” to neighborhoods. Furth shared the results of his work Monday during a presentation for the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society.
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