What Money Can't Buy
Also known as What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets
Michael Sandel's 2012 book on the moral limits of markets.
At a glance
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- Sandel argues that some desirable things should not be traded for cash, such as body organs and the right to kill endangered species.
- He argues that encouraging market thinking in people can loosen or even corrupt their moral values.
Why it matters
- It is the standard short case for asking what markets should not decide; it was shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year.
Key facts
- Author
- Michael Sandel1
- Published
- 2012, Farrar, Straus and Giroux1
- Shortlist
- Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award, 20121
- Translations
- German (Ullstein, 2012), French (Seuil, 2014), Spanish and others1
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