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The Black Hole at the Center of Society: In Praise of Inefficient Markets

I've been finding it difficult to reconcile living in the modern economy with living a moral life. Just by existing in society, I'm complicit in thousands of acts of waste, greed, and exorbitance.  I live in one of America's original sparse suburbias, with one of the longest commute times in the country.  I buy food from markets that trash hundreds of pounds of edible produce a week.  I work in a building that burns megaw ...

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