ABSTRACT
Defenders of markets try to subject the claim that sellers will be exploited to vigorous criticism (3-5,7). They note with a hint of noblesse oblige that the poor are surely just as capable of rationality as the rich or intellectuals in think tanks. Therefore, when it comes to selling bits of themselves to the more affluent, it is only paternalists who would prohibit the poor from being able to avail themselves of this wondrous opportunity to make some quick cash.
