Michael J. Sandel

Michael J. Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University.

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  1. What Liberals Get Wrong About Work

    Unfettered markets and a rampant culture of meritocracy have eroded the rewards and dignity of work for most Americans. It’s time for a new ethic of “contributive justice.”

    A carpenter building torpedo boats and a machinist working at the Douglass Aircraft Company in the 1940s
    Alfred T. Palmer / Universal History Archive / Getty / The Atlantic
  2. What Isn’t for Sale?

    Market thinking so permeates our lives that we barely notice it anymore. A leading philosopher sums up the hidden costs of a price-tag society.