POLSC401: Ethics and Public Policy

9.1: Ethics and the Free Market

• ProCon.org: "Should the Big Three Car Manufacturers Be Bailed Out by the US Government?" URL

  Read these articles about the federal government bailout of auto manufacturers.

• Tom Armistead's "Jungle Ethics Financialism vs. Free Market Capitalism" URL

  Read this article.

• Santa Clara University: Daniel Klein's "How Trust Is Achieved in Free Markets" URL

  Read this article.

• John R. Thomas's "The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy" URL

  Read this report.

• Renée Johnson's "Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity" URL

  Read this report.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Alan Wertheimer's "Exploitation" URL

  Read this article.

• Michael Sandel's "On Markets and Morals" URL

  Watch this video.