Non-coerced transactions are win-win, by construction.
- Non-coerced transactions are win-win, by construction.
- Each party gets something they value more and is better off by participating.
- This is the raw alchemy of emergent value in an economy.
- The main problem is: a transaction can be entirely positive to the participants but have negative externalities so society is worse off.
- A transaction that both parties like and with no or positive externalities is morally good.
- One that has net negative value when accounting for externalities is bad.