This is a thought-provoking piece by Michael Sandel about the appropriate role of markets in our society. While a lot of this will sound familiar to many people, I think the one concept that he introduces that is really interesting is the idea of the difference between a "market economy" and a "market society." I also like that he encourages a full-spectrum discussion and debate about the kind of society we want. While he admits (and I sadly agree) that this conversation might go nowhere in the context of today's polarized political environment, I still think it is useful to think about the type of conversations we must have to better determine what our socieity should look like.
"What Isn't For Sale?" by Michael Sandel
Published in the Atlantic, April 2012
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2012/04/what-isn-8217-t-for-sale/8902/
Eric
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