TED Talks

Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life (2013x190)

Uitzenddatum: Okt 07, 2013

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 how much money they have. (Three key examples: access to education, access to justice, political influence.) In a talk and audience discussion, Sandel asks us to think honestly on this question: In our current democracy, is too much for sale?