Refusing to hire someone for a low local wage out of moral discomfort can itself harm the worker: the social-work student who would not pay a Nepali washerwoman ten cents an hour 'exploited her by not exploiting her,' assigning her to a worse outcome, since the woman voluntarily sought the work.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

you've exploited her by not exploiting her you've assigned her to something perhaps worse

Source

Mike Munger on Exchange, Exploitation and Euvoluntary Transactions 06/20/2011EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:09:19 AM

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