The Wrong Things Are Cheap
Can we use economic turmoil to make economic values match our moral ones?
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10 min readJun 19, 2022
Why do things cost what they cost?
In stable, normal times, we get used to certain prices. It seems normal that a gallon of gas should cost $2.50, for example, or that a year of state college with room and board should cost $25,000. That’s just what things cost, and…
