Elusive Innovation: A Tale of a Community

There existed a thriving community where the people happily display their yams, eggs, tomatoes, chickens, and corn on their market days.
Whenever there was a storm that damaged the roof of any of the dwellers the people easily volunteered to help, knowing that if they themselves had a problem one day, others would come to help them. No currencies ever exchanged hands.
One market day, an elegantly dressed stranger with a black leather jacket came