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- Title
When Markets Aren't Markets: a Reply to David Rondel.
- Authors
Dillingh, Savriël
- Abstract
In a recent article in this journal, David Rondel argues that symbolic (or semiotic) objections to markets hold significant argumentative force. Rondel distinguishes between Incidental markets and Pervasive markets, where Incidental markets describe individual instances of exchange and Pervasive markets comprise the social management of goods by an institutional market arrangement. In this reply, I specify a key insight that buttresses Rondel's distinction. The distinction as it is currently characterized fails to identify when Incidental markets become Pervasive. This opaqueness allows scholars that defend markets without limits to question the analytical distinctiveness of Incidental and Pervasive markets. I show that by incorporating the market's price mechanism as an indicator of a properly Pervasive market, Rondel's distinction is not only able to tackle the aforementioned retort, but also allows for important reflections on what types of institutions should be considered markets at all.
- Subjects
RONDEL, David; MARKETS; COMMODIFICATION; MECHANISM (Philosophy); SEMIOTICS
- Publication
Philosophia, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 1, p139
- ISSN
0048-3893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11406-022-00523-x