Via TEDTalks:
“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?”
Watch the video here:
Cash incentives are clearly wrong. Other incentives that help people do things they wouldn’t otherwise do, become people they wouldn’t otherwise be, or connect to a community they wouldn’t otherwise discover or belong to, are surely sensible.
Money is the issue, not the market.