What accounts for people doing household chores themselves, even those who can afford to pay others to perform the drudgery? The do-it-yourself mentality largely reflects an antimarket bias that views transactions as a zero- or negative-sum game.
The Diseconomies of Do-It-Yourself
By Ryan H. Murphy
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