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What Money Can’t Buy

Harvard Professor Michael Sandel’s recent book, What Money Can’t Buy, is a critical look at the commoditization (economification?) of everything in our society.  We’ve gone from a world with first class and coach tickets (which, to Sandel, apparently was mostly … Continue reading

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Another way to address the crisis on Wall Street

Once the $700 million bailout package is sorted out, the federal government will have to roll up its sleeves and figure out what went wrong and how to fix it.  I suspect that whatever they come up with will not … Continue reading

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