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I think it should be up to the teachers wether they focus on teaching about markets or teaching about collaboration; both are valuable lessons for later life.

I think it should be up to the teachers wether they focus on teaching about markets or teaching about collaboration; both are valuable lessons for later life. However, I am curious what you think a free market solution to this problem would have looked like? To me it looks like there was a free market before the intervention. What would "growing the pie" look like in this case?

WalterBright 5y ago
Growing the pie means kids can do work that is paid in legos. They can trade legos amongst themselves. Provide something else they can "buy" with their work, like maybe treats or videogame time. Maybe give out a lego if a kid gets 100% on a quiz. The free market doesn't provide things for free. All living things work to survive. Giving out free legos will indeed engender feelings of fairness. But a lego in a free exchange for work does not.