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Indeed, as many theories of the capitalist state have argued, non-capitalists often perform much better as political managers of capitalism than capitalists would themselves – all of which means that capitalism is an economic system that is compatible with electoral or formal democracy.
- Adrienne Buller Interview
The acceptable face of capitalism is today a green one. Bill...
- Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system characterised by private...
- Adrienne Buller Interview
Jul 10, 2021 · Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties with populist and authoritarian programs.
Jun 25, 2024 · Americans have a choice now to do so again, moving toward the next order that will rein in inequality and capture the dynamism of capitalism to address contemporary challenges.
- Job Summit Evades Real Problem
- Beneficiaries of A Rigged System
- Is Capitalism Killing Democracy?
- Inequality Fuelling Xenophobia
We are among the richest countries in the world and yet the rich get richer and the poor are getting left behind. The recent federal government jobs skills summit looked for ways to ease the pain: boost wages, increase participation (especially for women) and bring in more migrants to fill worker shortfalls. To critics it is a long way short of the...
On the surface it may appear that people have never had it so good. Never at any time in human history have the people of the world statistically been wealthier. But economic historian J Bradford DeLong says that can be a delusion. We are living off the long 20th century. In his book Slouching Towards Utopia DeLong says from 1870 technological chan...
Little wonder that all around the world the question is being asked: is capitalism killing democracy? In his book, Capitalism versus Democracy, political economist Boris Frankel points out the liberal social democratic dream of a "democratic capitalism" that serves the disadvantaged "has proven to be a mirage". Indeed it is policies of governments ...
Life expectancy in the US is determined by education. Milanovic traces a 30-year period between 1983 and 2013 during which he says capital wealth – income from financial assets – outstripped wealth from income. That favours old money. Families with generations of riches. It is a roadblock to socio-economic mobility. And concentrates wealth in fewer...
- Stan Grant
Sep 11, 2019 · Is contemporary capitalism compatible with liberal democracy? The glib answer, though not wrong, is that it had better be. There are no known examples of fully socialized economies with a...
perspective, capitalism and democracy seem incompatible. 1. To most economic historians, however, the answer to the question “Can democracy and capitalism be reconciled?” is an obvious “Yes.” A glance around the world today suggests that all the “advanced” capitalist societies are both rich and advanced democracies, and all of the
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Feb 15, 2023 · Democracy might be imperiled, but capitalism, according to Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, has obtained the status of civic religion.
