What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of MarketsFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 24. tra 2012. - Broj stranica: 256 In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role that markets and money should play in our society. |
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... Stand in line overnight on Capitol Hill to hold a place for a lobbyist who wants to attend a congressional hearing: $15–$20 per hour. The lobbyists pay line-standing companies, who hire homeless people and others to queue up.12 • If you ...
... LINE-STANDING BUSINESS Even where you're not allowed to buy your way to the head of the line, you can sometimes hire someone else to queue up on your behalf. Each summer, New York City's Public Theater puts on free outdoor Shakespeare ...
... line-standing services. “Selling tickets that are meant to be free,” he stated, “deprives New Yorkers of enjoying the benefits that this taxpayer-supported institution provides.”10 Central Park is not the only place where there's money ...
... stand-ins, and claim their seats in the hearing room.11 The line-standing companies charge the lobbyists $36 to $60 per hour for the queuing service, which means that getting a seat in a committee hearing can cost $1,000 or more. The line ...
... line standers are good at, well, waiting. “Division of labor makes America a great place to work,” Gross claimed. “Linestanding may seem like a strange practice, but it's ultimately an honest job in a free-market economy.”14 Oliver ...
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Incentives | |
How Markets Crowd Out Morals | |
Versus Gambling The Terrorism Futures Market The Lives of Strangers | |
Branding the Public Square Branded Lifeguards and Nature Trails Police | |
Acknowledgments | |
A Note About the Author | |