Modern economic and financial markets are money based social constructs in which individuals and institutions meet to exchange goods, services, skills, information and knowledge. From an economic and a philosophical point of view, we will explore how markets have evolved, their justification, the role of decision makers - both individual and corporation - and investigate how markets are said to “fail”. In particular, we will discuss the moral limits of markets and explore which normative ethical approach could be useful in “taming” them and their participan