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Equality and Corruption

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Are Markets Moral?

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The question I have in mind relates to the general title we have been given of ‘Markets and Morals’. The question is: what exactly are the harms that markets do? By ‘markets’ I mean buying and selling goods and services.

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  1. University of Exeter, UK

    Edward Skidelsky (Lecturer)

  2. University of Warwick, UK

    Robert Skidelsky (Emeritus Professor of Political Economy)

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    Robert Skidelsky (Emeritus Professor of Political Economy) (Emeritus Professor of Political Economy)

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Skidelsky, E., Skidelsky, R. (2015). Equality and Corruption. In: Skidelsky, E., Skidelsky, R. (eds) Are Markets Moral?. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137472748_3

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