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#764 Alessandra Cassar: Female Competitiveness, Cooperative Breeding, and Market Development

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The Importance of Reputation in Trading

Trading in the past has been built on reputation. You have a good reputation and you're not going to cheat with me. But even in situations where cheating is common, can they still operate efficiently? They could in theory. There is the potential for operating efficiently. Like the mafia is this clearing house. They could operate efficiently. Trade happens. Building gets built. But there is a cost. So I don't think they'll ever be able to reach 100% efficiency.

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