Today, there are fewer and fewer things that money can't buy.

現在愈來愈少東西無法用金錢買到

If you're ever sentenced to a jail term in Santa Barbara, California -- just in case

如果你被判有期徒刑，即將入聖芭芭拉市監獄

that happens to you -- you should know that if you don't like the standard accommodations,

如果你真的不幸被關，而你希望牢房升級的話，你應該要知道

you can buy -- if you have the money, you can buy a prison cell upgrade.

如果你有錢，你可以還可以加價升級你的牢房

[ Laughter ] >>Michael Sandel: It's true. For how much

(笑聲) 麥可桑德爾: 這是真的。多少錢能升級？

would you guess? What would you say? How much would that be?

你們猜猜看？你說呢？應該多少錢？

>> (Speaker is off microphone.) >>Michael Sandel: $500? Per night?

(說話的觀眾沒有麥克風)麥可桑德爾: 500美金？一晚嗎？

It's not the Ritz-Carlton. It's not -- [ Laughter ]

不是住麗茲卡爾頓酒店(美國高級度假酒店) (笑聲)

>>Michael Sandel: It's just slightly -- it's $90 a night.

麥可桑德爾: 一個晚上90美金而已

If you go to an amusement park, used to be at amusement parks part of the experience

去遊樂園時，你一定有這種經驗

was waiting in long lines for the popular rides. Everybody had to do it. But that's

就是去排最熱門的遊樂器材。在以前，大家都得這麼做，不過

not really true today. In most amusement parks, if you don't like waiting in long queues,

現在已經不需要了。在大部分的遊樂園，你如果不想花時間排隊

you can buy a -- pay more and buy a fast-track ticket straight to the head of the line.

你可以花多一點錢買個快速通行證，就不用排那麼久了

In fact, it's not just at amusement parks. There are more and more aspects of life today

其實，不只在遊樂園可以這樣，現在在生活中

where you can buy your way to the head of the queue. You can do this even if you want

你常常可以花錢買到第一個排隊的位子，你甚至可以買到

to hear -- sit in on a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. but you don't want to

眾議會的位子，在華盛頓特區參與公聽會。但你如果不想

stand in the long line for the seats that are made available. You can now go to a company.

站著排隊的話，你可以找排隊公司幫你

One of them is called linestanding.com. You pay them a certain amount of money. They will

有一種排隊公司網站，你線上付款後

hire a homeless person or someone else who needs the work to stand in the line, overnight

他們會僱用流浪漢或其他需要打工的人幫你排隊，排一整晚也可以

if need be, to make sure that you get a seat in the front row of the hearing.

只為了確保你能坐在第一排的位子