Free Markets (6) - Offers or Orders

Offers are not limited to markets. Offers are every where. We make offers all the time.

• Do you want to join us for a drink after work?
• Do you want chicken for dinner?
• Would you like to marry me?
• Will you marry me?

Most offers are made to family, friends and family. The advantage of a market is that people can make offers to a broader range of people.

We are free to refuse and offer. The opposite of an offer is an order. We are not supposed to reject and order.

• Clean up that!
• Quick march!
• Type that document again!
• Stop at the lights!

Orders are appropriate in some situations, but we prefer offers to orders. People wanting to regulate markets are trying to replace offers with orders.