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What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets / Michael J. Sandel.

Sandel, Michael J. (Author).

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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  • ISBN: 9780374533656 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: viii, 244 pages ; 21cm
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects.
Wealth > Moral and ethical aspects.
Value.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.

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Introduction: Markets and Morals
Market Triumphalism
Everything for Sale
The Role of Markets
Our Rancorous Politics
3(14)
1 Jumping the Queue
Airports, Amusement Parks, Car Pool Lanes
Hired Line Standers
Ticket Scalpers
Concierge Doctors
Markets Versus Queues
Yosemite Campsites
Papal Masses
Springsteen Concerts
17(26)
2 Incentives
Cash for Sterilization
The Economic Approach to Life
Paying Kids for Good Grades
Bribes to Lose Weight
Selling the Right to Immigrate
A Market in Refugees
Speeding Tickets and Subway Cheats
Tradable Procreation Permits
Tradable Pollution Permits
Carbon Offsets
Paying to Kill an Endangered Rhino
Ethics and Economics
43(50)
3 How Markets Crowd Out Morals
Hired Friends
Bought Apologies and Wedding Toasts
The Case Against Gifts
Auctioning College Admission
Coercion and Corruption
Nuclear Waste Sites
Donation Days and Day-Care Pickups
Blood for Sale
Economizing Love
93(38)
4 Markets in Life and Death
Janitors Insurance
Betting on Death
Internet Death Pools
Insurance Versus Gambling
The Terrorism Futures Market
The Lives of Strangers
Death Bonds
131(32)
5 Naming Rights
Autographs for Sale
Corporate-Sponsored Home Runs
Luxury Skyboxes
Moneyball
Bathroom Advertising
Ads in Books
Body Billboards
Branding the Public Square
Branded Lifeguards and Nature Trails
Police Cars and Fire Hydrants
Commercials in the Classroom
Ads in Jails
The Skyboxification of Everyday Life
163(44)
Notes 207(26)
Acknowledgments 233(4)
Index 237


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