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Freedom, Private Ownership, Competition - Resource Allocation of Market Economy
  • Author
    Seung-Hoon Lee (Seoul National University)
  • Year
    2017
  • Volume
    Vol.65
  • Number
    No.1
  • Freedom and ownership are honored if people have agreed to take hazards
    created therefrom. System of property right is designed to harness human
    greed to produce more value without invading others’ property right. People
    compete for owner’s consent to transfer property if the target is already owned
    by an owner, and to discover, invent or devise new resource, technology and
    idea which is to be owned by the first mover. The competition is fair if no
    competitor is intruded upon property rights in the process of competition. First
    Welfare Theorem supports static efficiency by showing competitive equilibrium
    allocates resources efficiently under no externality. Prize-penalty function of
    price system raises(lowers) price to encourage(discourage) production in
    excess demand(supply) to realize dynamic efficiency. People compete for more
    income to result in resource allocation and income distribution. Market failure
    occurs when property rights are unduly violated to make resource allocation
    inefficient and income distribution unfair. Social welfare benefits are not the
    right of the beneficiaries but the favor of benefactors under fair competition.
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