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Jason Brennan
Jason Brennan
Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor
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Peter Jaworski
Associate Teaching Professor

Originally Appeared In

Cato Institute

What Are the Limits to Markets?

What are the ethical limits of market behavior? If you can rightfully own something, when is it improper to sell it? If you may rightfully perform a task, may you also perform it for money? What does commerce add or subtract from the ethical status of an object or an action?

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