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The ethics of selling shares in your future income

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2025
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Bieber, F., & Brouwer, H. (2025). The ethics of selling shares in your future income. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 1470594X251391208-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X251391208

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Could private markets in shares in people's future earnings be morally permissible, or even desirable? While markets for personal debt are widespread, markets for shares in the future earnings of individuals are not. In this article, we argue that from a normative point of view, these markets are worth taking seriously. We begin by surveying their potential upsides and set out a baseline model of such a market that is moderately regulated, but has a plausible claim to being economically viable. We then critically examine its moral per

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  • Bieber, Friedemann
  • Brouwer, Huub

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2025-11-15

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2025-11-26

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Sage Publications Ltd.

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1470-594X

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Bieber, F., & Brouwer, H. (2025). The ethics of selling shares in your future income. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 1470594X251391208-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470594X251391208

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