Free Market Madness: Why Human Nature Is At Odds With Economics-and Why It Matters

摘要

How free should we really be? Ubel, a physician, examines this question while considering the many patients he has treated for conditions that arose from their poor decision making: overeating, excess alcohol consumption, smoking, and other behaviors. Though some of his patients' behaviors are genetic, much more of them are due to their susceptibility to modern marketing and advertising, he argues. People often choose things that are not good for them. In a free marketplace, one is free to make unhealthy decisions.