What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets
AUTHOR:
Sandel, Michael J.
ISBN:
9781846144721
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Allen Lane, 2012
PHYSICAL_DESC:
244 p. ; 24 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ABSTRACT:
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?
SUBJECT:
| Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| Value |
BIBSUMMARY:
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?