I think you might be onto something. I was looking recently for public interviews with CCP Rattati (currently he is a Game Director) and I have found this quote at the end:
CCP Rattati: “I don’t think anyone ever intended for anyone to sit in a station all day buying and selling in the market”
(source)
this is taken slightly out of context (it was about PVE experience in cancelled Pr. Nova) so you better read it whole by yourself to not draw a wrong conclusion