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A repugnant market is an area of commerce that is considered by society to be outside of the range of market transactions and that bringing this area into the realm of a market would be inherently immoral or uncaring. For example, many people consider a market in human organs to be a repugnant market or the ability to bet on terrorist acts in prediction market to be repugnant. Meanwhile, other people consider the ''lack'' of such markets to be even more immoral and uncaring because trade bans (e.g. in organ transplants〔 〕 and terrorism information) ''can'' create avoidable human suffering. ==Examples== The repugnance of markets varies according to time and culture. Slavery is a market currently considered repugnant while for much of recorded history it was considered acceptable. Examples of markets considered repugnant at one time or place include: *Pregnancy/early childhood * * Abortion * * Adoption * * Egg donation for research purposes * * Fetal organs and aborted fetal tissue〔(Are we ready for a market in fetal organs? )〕 * * Surrogacy, legal in India and most states in the U.S. (but banned in France and Japan) * Drugs & food * * Advertising tobacco and alcohol * * Alcohol * * Cadavers * * Illegal drug trade * * Meat of horses or dogs in California * Labour * * Child labor * * Slavery or indentured servitude *Social status/political power * * Citizenship and/or immigration (Investor visas such as the U.S. E-2 visa are exceptions. Several notable economists have proposed selling citizenship) * * Education * * Lobbying * * Military mercenaries * * Political corruption activities, such as bribery and influence peddling * * Vote buying *Money/Speculation * * Currency speculation * * Gambling * * Predatory lending, especially mortgage lending * * Pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing * * Selling short * * Ticket touting in sports events and concerts * * Usury (Has never been allowed by Islam and historically in Christian countries) *Economic corruption/media power * * Payola * * Product placement in some European countries * * Radio spectrum *Sex * * Pornography (Repugnant in some countries/cultures, especially paraphiliac pornography) * * Prostitution *Other * * Certain prediction markets (e.g. 'terrorism futures market') * * Health Care * * Organ trade and organ donation from a live donor (Turkey and the Philippines are notable exceptions〔 (subscription only)〕} * * Life insurance * * Real estate in Cuba * * Real estate broker/agent profession or flipping real estate * * Metered parking * * Simony 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Repugnant market」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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