What's Okay to Buy and Sell?
James Stacey Taylor asks why it is that we seem to be comfortable with the idea of buying and selling some things, but not others.
James Stacey Taylor joins Aaron and Trevor to discuss what society thinks is okay to buy and sell. Buying and selling some things--like books, cars, or houses--strikes us as fine. But even the thought of trading money for things like love or organs makes many people uncomfortable or even angry.
Taylor is an Associate Professor at the College of New Jersey and the author of Stakes and Kidneys: Why markets in human body parts are morally imperative and the forthcoming book Toxic Trade? An Unapologetic Defense of Universal Commodification.