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# Risking together

Capitalism involves firms, and increasingly households, pricing risks and deciding which to hold and which to trade. As these risks are imposed increasingly on households - via precarious work and decreasing state provision of services - risking together involves a conscious choice to calculate and manage risks socially rather than individually. See [Social derivative](/social-derivative.md).