# Markets & Morals ## WATCH [### TED Talk: “Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life” (14:37) ](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life?language=en) 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... [### The Guardian, “The more things money can buy, the harder it is to be poor” (2:33) ](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2015/jan/07/michael-sandel-more-things-money-can-buy-harder-to-be-poor-video) Over the last few decades we've become a market society where almost everything is up for sale – there are cash incentives for doctors who diagnose dementia patients and for teachers whose students get better exam results. The problem, says Harvard... [### BBC News HARDtalk, Michael Sandel, part 1 (14:14) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc9sd2rBz5Y) Michael Sandel is a philosopher with the global profile of a rock star. His argument that commercial markets are increasingly entering all parts of life, and are becoming more and more destructive, has won him a worldwide following. But are commercial... [### BBC News HARDtalk, Michael Sandel, part 2 (9:44) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPwstYrnCY) Michael Sandel is a philosopher with the global profile of a rock star. His argument that commercial markets are increasingly entering all parts of life, and are becoming more and more destructive, has won him a worldwide following. But are commercial... [### Interview with Stephen Colbert on What Money Can’t Buy ](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/88pieq/the-colbert-report-michael-sandel) Harvard University's Michael Sandel illustrates the ethical and moral concerns regarding the growing role of money and market values in society. (7:02) [### Interview with Tavis Smiley, PBS, on What Money Can’t Buy (24:32)Interview with Tavis Smiley, PBS, on What Money Can’t Buy (24:32) ](http://www.pbs.org/wnet/tavissmiley/interviews/harvard-professor-michael-sandel/) Called one of the world's most interesting political philosophers, Michael Sandel is a professor of government at Harvard University, where he's taught political philosophy since 1980. His hugely popular undergraduate course, "Justice," has enrolled over... [### Keynote lecture, Annual Conference, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Toronto, 2014, followed by interview with Chrystia Freeland (1:38:57) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOQ66oLgGQ) In recent decades, market values have crowded out non- market norms in almost every aspect of life—medicine, education, government, law, art, sports, even family life and personal relations. Without quite realizing it, we have drifted from having a market... ## LISTEN [### “Should we bribe people to be healthy?,” The Public Philosopher, BBC Radio 4 ](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01g5ztq) [### “Markets and Morals,” BBC Reith Lecture 1 (2009) ](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kt7sh) ## READ Download 4 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=no_pager&number_of_items=12&sort_field=bibcite_year--desc&&content_filter%5B0%5D=444551&content_filter%5B1%5D=444556&content_filter%5B2%5D=443181&content_filter%5B3%5D=444561&&format=ris) ### 2013 Sandel Michael J. 2013. “[Market Reasoning As Moral Reasoning: Why Economists Should Re-Engage With Political Philosophy](/publications/market-reasoning-moral-reasoning-why-economists-should-re-engage-political)”. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 27 Sandel Michael J. 2013. “[Market Reasoning As Moral Reasoning: Why Economists Should Re-Engage With Political Philosophy](/publications/market-reasoning-moral-reasoning-why-economists-should-re-engage-political)”. Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 27 - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.4.121) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.4.121) Sandel Michael J. 2013. “[The Moral Economy of Speculation: Gambling, Finance, and the Common Good](/publications/moral-economy-speculation-gambling-finance-and-common-good)”. In Tanner Lectures on Human Values. University of Utah Sandel Michael J. 2013. “[The Moral Economy of Speculation: Gambling, Finance, and the Common Good](/publications/moral-economy-speculation-gambling-finance-and-common-good)”. In Tanner Lectures on Human Values. University of Utah - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://tannerlectures.utah.edu/Sandel%20Lecture.pdf) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://tannerlectures.utah.edu/Sandel%20Lecture.pdf) ### 2012 Sandel Michael J. 2012. [What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets](/publications/what-money-cant-buy-moral-limits-markets). Farrar, Straus and Giroux Sandel Michael J. 2012. [What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets](/publications/what-money-cant-buy-moral-limits-markets). Farrar, Straus and Giroux - add\_circle do\_not\_disturb\_on Abstract - [Buy on IndieBound](https://bookshop.org/p/books/what-money-can-t-buy-the-moral-limits-of-markets-michael-j-sandel/8478819?ean=9780374533656&next=t&source=IndieBound) - [Buy on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/What-Money-Cant-Buy-Markets/dp/0374533652/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1481569999&sr=1-1&keywords=what+money+can%27t+buy) Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? 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