TED Talks
Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life
TV-PG
2013 • E190 Oct 7, 2013 15mIn 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?