[andrekandre]

  constantly trying to reach some kind of equilibrium

apologies to ask such a naive question, but im trying to understand, what is the basis that it is thought 'a market is "trying" to reach an equilibrium'...

maybe im too hung up on the semantics/wording, but im genuinely curious because in my mind "the market" isnt really "trying" to reach anything.... maybe its agents are (gain a profit, hoodswink someone, make a fair exchange, etc etc)... so in aggregate there may be some result over time, but i find it hard to imagine its trying to reach an equilibrium per se...?