The repugnance of markets varies according to time, culture, and economic development, among other factors.
Slavery is a market currently considered repugnant while for most of recorded history before it was considered acceptable, and was still considered acceptable against certain people groups until . Examples of markets considered repugnant at one time or place include: • Pregnancy/early childhood •
Abortion •
Surrogacy, legal in
India and most states in the U.S. (but banned in
France and
Japan) • Drugs and food •
Illegal drug trade •
Horse meat,
whale meat,
dog meats (e.g. in
California),
cat meat,
beef in India, and the meat of endangered animals. • Labour •
Child labor •
Slavery or
indentured servitude • Social status/political power •
Citizenship and/or
immigration (Investor visas such as the U.S.
E-2 visa are exceptions. Several notable economists have proposed selling citizenship) •
Education •
Lobbying • Military
mercenaries •
Political corruption activities, such as
bribery and
influence peddling •
Vote buying • Money/speculation • Currency
speculation •
Gambling •
Predatory lending, especially mortgage lending •
Pyramid schemes and
multi-level marketing • Selling
short •
Ticket touting in sports events and concerts •
Usury (has never been allowed by
Islam and was historically banned in
Christian countries) in
Passionary of Christ and Antichrist. • Economic corruption/media power •
Payola •
Product placement in some
European countries •
Radio spectrum • Sex •
Pornography (repugnant in some countries/cultures, especially
paraphiliac pornography) •
Prostitution •
Virginity • Other • Certain
prediction markets (e.g. 'terrorism futures market') •
Healthcare •
Medical debt •
Organ trade and
organ donation from a live donor (
Turkey and the
Philippines are notable exceptions) •
Cadavers •
Life insurance •
Real estate in
Cuba •
Real estate broker/agent profession or
flipping real estate •
Metered parking •
Contract killing •
Simony •
Odious debt ==See also==