Michael Sandel interview: the marketization of everything is undermining democracy

Michael Sandel interview: the marketization of everything is undermining democracy. Michael Sandel, May 22, 2013, Opinion. "In this short and lucid polemic, Sandel describes a culture that has developed in the west — over the past three decades — that puts market principles above all else. In such a society, solid values like virtue, decency and friendship, he argues, are being jeopardized by the lure of monetary compensation. Sandel believes, at the very least, these values should be an intrinsic part of any functioning democracy, regardless of how wealthy a society becomes....."