The Moral Hollowing Out of Public Discourse

i think there's a yearning, a great yearning, for dem cratic citizens to be able to bring their moral and even spiritual convictions to bear in debating big questions. And i think this is why people have so turned away from established political parties and and politicians. It's happened at the same time, over the past several decades, when markets and market thinking have come to dominate increasing swaths of social and civic life. There's a connection between the moral hollowing out of public discourse and the increasing reliance on market thinking and market us to decide important public questions.