What money can't buy the moral limits of markets
Sandel argues that we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society and examines one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money ca...
| Main Author: | Sandel, Michael J. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Sandel argues that we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society and examines one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy? |
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| Physical Description: |
244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-232) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780374203030 (hbk.) 0374203032 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: |
Michael J. Sandel is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. His work has been the subject of television series on PBS and the BBC. His most recent book is the international bestseller Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? |