 Indeed, Hayek observes, being obsessed with just price would make trading less likely, which would tend to squander some of the cooperative surplus. Much of Hayek’s aversion to justice stems from a sense that (for thousands of years) talk of justice has had a way of turning into talk of just price (Hayek 1976, 73). This makes prices appear morally important, which to Hayek is a  mirage.[13]  Of Adam Smith’s butchers and bakers, Hayek says,