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If we define a democracy simply as a society that selects leaders through some form of election, or if we define a capitalist society simply as one where economic actors pursue profits, then, we show, the relationship between democracy and economic development disappears.
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Capitalism, as I define the term, is an indirect system of governance based on a complex and continually evolving political bargain in which private actors are empowered by a political authority to own and control the use of property for private gain subject to a set of laws and regulations.
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There exists a complex relationship between capitalism and democracy that creates a puzzling dilemma. While capitalism provides the minimal steps necessary for democracy to carry out its functions, capitalism also limits democracy from reaching its full potential. Historically, capitalism appears to be connected with democracy. Through
economic systems: capitalism and socialism. Capitalism and socialism are often pitted against each other as economic systems in direct conflict, but perceptions about these two systems vary widely.
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Democratic politics is reduced to symbolic politics; the real driver of economic outcomes is capitalism. In this book we argue that the opposite is true. Over time the advanced capitalist democratic state has paradoxically become strengthened through globalization, and we explain why at length in this book.
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Abstract Capitalism and democracy follow different logics: unequally distributed property rights on the one hand, equal civic and political rights on the other; profit-oriented trade within capitalism in contrast to the search for the common good within democracy; debate, compromise and majority decision-making within demo-cratic politics versus...
