Many transactions are legal to give away for free but illegal to sell, and the only purpose of such laws is to prevent the good from being exchanged for its market value (e.g., ice during a shortage, blackmail information, kidneys).

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Mike Munger

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the only reason we have that law is to make sure that we cannot exchange it for what it's worth I can give ice away that wouldn't have been a problem the problem was they were charging its market price

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

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