In the USA it was called Prohibition.
Buying on the 'installment plan' is probably the oldest concept, pre- credit card.
President Rutherford B. Hayes called his wife Lemonade Lucy. His wife's real name was Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. She got the nickname because of her support of the temperance movement, which wanted to ban alcohol.
It is called an ex post facto law.
Alaska became a part of the US when Russia badly needed some money and gladly took up a guy named Seward on his offer of buying Alaska for a relatively cheap price. At that time, American citizens called Alaska "Seward's Folly" becauose they thought buying Alaska was a waste of money. They called it just an "ice box", after all. However, then gold was discovered in Alaska. The same people who called Seward a fool now went back to calling him a genius. What sarcasm...
The Patrons of Husbandry, commonly known as the Grange, was established in the late 19th century primarily to support and advocate for the interests of farmers. One of its main purposes was to promote agricultural education, cooperative buying and selling, and to provide a social network for rural communities. The Grange also aimed to address issues such as unfair railroad rates and market monopolies that negatively impacted farmers. Through these efforts, it sought to empower agricultural workers and improve their economic conditions.
I think you are looking for the word 'bootlegging' or 'moonshining'
It's called insider trading. It is HIGHLY illegal.
The strategy of selling a stock and then buying it back at a later time is called "short selling."
Illegal alcohol was known as 'sly-grog'.
The process of selling and then buying back the same stock is called a "round trip trade."
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Trading
It is called bootlegging
The buying and selling of different goods is called commerce, or imports and exports.
speculation
This is called commerce.
production