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Even if, purely hypothetically, the deficiency of marketized institutions as regards justice could be made good through fair distribution at a basic level, this would not even touch upon, let alone answer, the question of whether there are goods that should not be marketized—irrespective of the distribution conditions. The issue here is what repercussions understanding certain goods as commodities and treating them in accordance with economic efficiency has for our understanding of ourselves as individuals and as a society and for the shape and functioning of our social practices.
Critique of Forms of Life
Rahel Jaeggi;Ciaran Cronin
The MarketWorlders, Cordelli is reminding us, are selling themselves short. They do big, complex, elaborate things all the time; they solve hard problems. Their declared inability to contribute to solutions at the political and systemic level can ring hollow.
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
One of the powerful attributes of secrecy is its function as a portal for autonomy and control.
The State of Affairs
Esther Perel
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