"We call it the White Economy," said Big Al. If you are not familiar with him, Big Al is the hardy, football-player-sized, working-class, Yorkshire character in Alan Plater's 1984 comedy/mystery, The Beiderbecke Affair. I like the phrase "White Economy" so much I wish I had coined it, but I didn't. Let's give credit where credit is due and shake Alan Plater's hand and do our best to bring it into general circulation. After all, its about time to give a less pejorative name to private initiative, entrepreneurial energy and a pure market economy than Black Market. Big Al has such … Continue reading The White Economy