In a society where wealth determines access to basic needs like quality healthcare, safe neighborhoods, and superior education, the disadvantages of poverty grow exponentially.
Michael J. Sandel's book, What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets , argues that market values are increasingly crowding out non-market norms in modern society. 📄 Abstract what money can t buy summary
🏥 The rise of "janitors' insurance" (companies buying life insurance on low-level employees) and the buying and selling of life insurance policies of the elderly or terminally ill. In a society where wealth determines access to