Myth: economic activity corrupts intimate relations, and intimate relations make economic activity inefficient. Fact: people constantly mingle intimacy and economic activity without corruption.
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ErtmanMartha M.WilliamsJoan C., eds. Rethinking Commodification: Cases and Readings in Law and Culture (New York University Press, 2005). The definitive collection of cases, opinions, and analyses of commodification as it confronts the law.
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FeinbergKenneth R.. What Is Life Worth? (Public Affairs, 2005). The master of 9/11 compensation tells how he did his work.
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HochschildArlie Russell. The Commercialization of Intimate Life (University of California Press, 2003). A well-informed but worried look at the social consequences of commercialization.
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ZelizerViviana A.. The Purchase of Intimacy (Princeton University Press, 2005). Extended discussion of this article's themes, with comparisons of everyday and legal arenas.
