Jesselman chapter 7

Q: What can be seen as a plus of a free economy?

A: "Once we realize that there is no separate economic motive and that an economic gain or economic loss is merely a gain or a loss where it is still in our power to decide which of our needs or desires shall be affected, it is also easier to see the important kernal of truth in the general belief that economic matters affect only the less important ends of life and to understand the contempt in which 'merely' economic considerations are often held. In a sense this is quite justified in a market economy - but only in such a free economy. So long as we can freely dispose over our income and all our possessions, economic loss will always deprive us only of what we regard as the least important of the desires we were able to satisfy"(99).