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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 how much money they have. (Three key examples: access to education, access to justice, political influence.)

Sandel asks us to think honestly on this question: In our current democracy, is too much for sale?

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