ABSTRACT
How far are we are prepared to allow every nook and cranny of our society to be governed by the values of the market? How far are we prepared to allow the view that every relationship is essentially transactional, only valid and efficient if it suits our self-interest? And how far are we prepared to allow that the values that govern social relationships – trust, empathy, mutual regard, altruism, conscience – are economically inefficient and thus second rate?
