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A conservative philosophy of economics has dominated the political agenda of the 1980s and 1990s. This philosophy can be epitomized in the following question: What’s the difference between love and prostitution? If we asked this question of those whose economic philosophy shaped American politics in the 1980s and 1990s, the answer is that prostitution is a valuable service that some people are willing to pay for, while love is not for sale and therefore is worthless. This philosophy of market valuations provides the basis for all values in conservative economics.
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Davidson, G., Davidson, P. (1996). In Pursuit of Civilization. In: Economics for a Civilized Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230374874_1
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