Discussion Questions: Next Steps

• If the computers, telephones, warehouses, and trading jackets are just the “artifacts” of a market—its material props—what is its fundamental essence?
• Is the ECX a particularly important innovation to a small scale farmer whose crops won’t grow in a drought?
• Where does Eleni Gabre-Madhins see the ECX five years from now? What needs to happen for the ECX to become a long-term success? What are the challenges and obstacles to that success?