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Not TINA (There Is No Alternative) but TAPAS: THERE ARE PLENTY OF ALTERNATIVES
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The real price of market values: Michael Sandel at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

The real price of market values: Michael Sandel at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog | real utopias | Scoop.it

These days there’s very little money can’t buy. If you ever wind up in jail in San Diego, CA, and you find your cell uncomfortable, don’t fret; simply pay $82 and you’ll be upgraded. Or if you find yourself in Washington, DC, en route to a Congressional hearing, but you hear that the line is around the block, don’t give up; you can pay someone through a line-standing company to wait in line for you. You just have to show up at the last minute and take your seat.

 
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Harvard professor questions universality of market values - The Brown Daily Herald

Harvard professor questions universality of market values - The Brown Daily Herald | real utopias | Scoop.it

“What should be the role of money and markets in our society?” The question arose repeatedly in a lecture given by Michael Sandel, a Harvard professor of government and best-selling author, Thursday evening to an almost-full C.V. Starr Auditorium.

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