Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life

In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience of shared civic life depends on...

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Here's a question we need to rethink together:What should be the role of moneyand markets in our societies?Today, there are very few thingsthat money can't buy.If you're sentenced to a jail termin Santa Barbara, California,you should knowthat if you don't like the standard accommodations,you can buy a prison cell upgrade.It's true. For how much, do you think?What would you guess?Five hundred dollars?It's not the Ritz-Carlton. It's a jail!Eighty-two dollars a night.Eighty-two dollars a night.If you go to an amusement parkand don't want to stand in the long linesfor the popular rides,there is now a solution.In many theme parks, you can pay extrato jump to the head of the line.They call them Fast Track or VIP t...