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The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. it was the expansion of markets, and of market values, into spheres of life where they don’t belong.
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The Most Fateful Change That Unfolded During

Michael Sandel
The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. it was the expansion of markets, and of market values, into spheres of life where they don’t belong.
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