It's a fundamental failure of capitalism and market economics that caring professions (such as nursing and teaching) will inherently be underpaid and undervalue

It's a fundamental failure of capitalism and market economics that caring professions (such as nursing and teaching) will inherently be underpaid and undervalued. There's a pretty good discussion of this in What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374533652/donhosek http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374533652/donhosek