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Prices Are Critical to Markets. Trade Pushes Out Limits. Human Creativity Pushes Out Limits. “Creative Destruction” (Tradeoffs, again). ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARKETS Markets Based on Voluntary Exchange [ Choices & Preferences of Individuals, not Force]. Your Preferences?
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ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARKETSMarkets Based on Voluntary Exchange [ Choices & Preferences of Individuals, not Force] • Your Preferences? • Food: Bananas, carrots, berries, hamburgers, … • Music: Pop, metal, classical, jazz, alternative, … • Leisure: Books, music, movies, theater, Disney, …
Markets Are Not Perfect Fraud, Greed, Luck, Crashes … Other “Systems” Not Immune
Lesson 1: Markets Raise Living Standards • Exchange based on low cost pushes out Production-Consumption Possibilities • For all incomes, political divisions, ethnicities, …