!!!Schwarzmarkt

Black Market, any market that operates extra-legally (but in 
accordance with economic principles). Historically, black markets have 
been secondary markets for scarce or price-controlled goods, 
established to escape official regulation, or for the sale of 
contraband, illegally acquired goods or goods whose sale has been 
forbidden (addictive drugs etc.). An extensive black market developed 
in Austria during the supply crisis caused by the First World War. In 
World War II the formation of a black market was by and large 
prevented by draconian measures, but after the end of the war certain 
goods were almost only available via the black market (the main barter 
"currencies" were cigarettes, gold and jewellery etc.). The black 
market disappeared in early 1950 when the supply of goods improved and 
black-market prices approximated those of regular markets. Black 
markets for a variety of goods (including firearms) emerged 
temporarily after the political changes in Eastern Europe after 1989 
in parts of Vienna close to the Danube ("Polish black market" around 
Mexikoplatz).


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