Would you steal a lemon?

My latest at EconLog is

Would Hasan Piker Steal A Car?

Click the link above to read but here are some quotes:

Hasan Piker implied that he might steal a car if it carried no consequences. In the interview, author Jia
Tolentino also casually admits to shoplifting lemons from Whole Foods. Although petty theft is common, the interview clip spread quickly …

In my recent paper with Bart Wilson, “You Wouldn’t Steal a Car: Moral Intuition for Intellectual Property,” we test how people think about taking different types of goods.

What would Piker think of a world where the “microlooting” he claims to approve happens at scale?

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