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Money Can Buy This

Advantages: Accessibly written, thought provoking, well researched
Disadvantages: Sometimes repetitive, author's own views sometimes unclear

Harvard academic Michael Sandel is best known in philosophical circles for his communitarian critique of John Rawls, but first came to wider public attention with his book Justice, based on his undergraduate lectures. This follow up, however, is something ...

a-true-ben 31.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of What Money Can't Buy - Michael Sandel

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When he is good he is very very good...

Advantages: Will make you look at education, and even childhood in a new light.
Disadvantages: Too anti German - too miltia like in parts.

There are many areas in which I very strongly disagree with the author of this book. I do think this book has some major disadvantages to it, in fact there are a few segments one might even class as horrid - hence the title. So why have I given this b ...

Marge3781 29.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Weapons of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto

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