The Ethics of the Market

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 1-11

3. Markets and Ethics

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 12-32

4. Prices and Needs

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 33-54

5. Distribution and Justice

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 55-87

6. Exploitation and Coercion

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 88-108

7. Culture and Well-being

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 109-130

8. Morality and Commerce

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 131-154

9. Conclusion

   • John Meadowcroft

   Pages 155-158

10. Back Matter

    Pages 159-173

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The Ethics of the Market makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on the morality of the market by synthesizing the work of a number of liberal scholars into a systematic defence of the free market on ethical grounds. This defence addresses questions of social justice, the moral pre-requisites of a market economy, the nature of the needs that the market satisfies and the appropriate boundaries that should be placed around the operation of the market.

• economy
• ethics
• market economy
• morality
• social justice
• work

'Meadowcroft's erudite and compelling ethical defense of markets in The Ethics of the Market should be read widely - and taken to heart by all who do so.' - James Stacey Taylor, HEC Forum

• Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK

  John Meadowcroft

• Hansard Scholars Programme, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

  John Meadowcroft

JOHN MEADOWCROFT is a Deputy Editorial Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, London and Lecturer in Parliament and Politics on the Hansard Scholar Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

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