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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Sandel, Michael J.     Subjects     Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Value.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Sandel, Michael J.       by title:      What money can't buy...       by call number:      174 S214w     Search the Web     Sandel, Michael J.     Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.     Value.       MARC Display

What money can't buy : the moral limits of markets / Michael J. Sandel. by Sandel, Michael J. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Call #: 174 S214w Subjects Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Capitalism -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Wealth -- Moral and ethical aspects.   Value. ISBN:  9780374203030 (hbk.) 0374203032 (hbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  244 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Introduction : markets and morals. Market triumphalism ; Everything for sale ; The role of markets ; Our rancorous politics -- 1. Jumping the queue. Airports, amusement parks, car pool lanes ; Hired line standers ; Ticket scalpers ; Concierge doctors ; Markets versus queues ; Yosemite campsites ; Papal masses ; Springsteen concerts -- 2. Incentives. Cash for sterilization ; The economic approach to life ; Paying kids for good grades ; Bribes to lose weight ; Selling the right to immigrate ; A market in refugees ; Speeding tickets and subway cheats ; Tradable procreation permits ; Tradable pollution permits ; Carbon offsets ; Paying to kill an endangered rhino ; Ethics and economics -- 3. How markets crowd out morals. Hired friends ; Bought apologies and wedding toasts ; The case against gifts ; Auctioning college admission ; Coercion and corruption ; Nuclear waste sites ; Donation days and day-care pickups ; Blood for sale ; Economizing love -- 4. Markets in life and death. Janitors insurance ; Betting on death ; Internet death pools ; Insurance versus gambling ; The terrorism futures market ; The lives of strangers ; Death bonds -- 5. Naming rights. Autographs for sale ; Corporate-sponsored home runs ; Luxury skyboxes ; Moneyball ; Bathroom advertising ; Ads in books ; Body billboards ; Branding the public square ; Branded lifeguards and nature trails ; Police cars and fire hydrants ; Commercials in the classroom ; Ads in jails ; The skyboxification of everyday life. Summary:  Sandel argues that we have drifted from having a market economy to being a market society and examines one of the biggest ethical questions of our time: What is the proper role of markets in a democratic society, and how can we protect the moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy? Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 174 S214w Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 174 S214w Adult books Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 174 S214w Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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