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Mar 11, 2020 · Democracy and capitalism coexist in many variations around the world, each continuously reshaped by the conditions and the people forming them. Increasingly, people have deep concerns about...
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This paper argues that the relationship between capitalism and democracy is not immutable but subject to changes over time best understood as movements across distinctive growth and representation regimes. Growth regimes are the institutionalized practices central to how a country secures economic prosperity based on complementary sets of firm str...
Two issues are central to contemporary debates about the relationship between capitalism and democracy. The first, normally given the most attention, is: how much control do democratic governments exert over capitalist economies? But, since democracies are representative systems designed to speak for a popular will, an equally important issue is...
For comments on a draft of this paper, I am grateful to Peter Gourevitch, Deborah Mabbett, Jonas Pontusson, Mark Schwartz, Waltraud Schelkle, Ron Rogowski, Yeling Tan and Nicholas Ziegler. Georgina Evans provided helpful research assistance.
But there is a decisive difference: whereas certain forms of capitalism produce and function with an extreme concentration of wealth and capital, democracies cannot coexist with a similar constellation and concentration of power. Finally, capitalism and democracy can support each other.
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This paper examines the very complex relationship between capitalism and democracy. While it appears that capitalism provides some necessary element for a democracy, a problem of political inequality and a possible violation of liberty can be observed in many democratic countries. I argue that this political inequality and threat to
This article argues that the relationship between capitalism and democracy is not immutable but subject to changes over time best understood as movements across distinctive growth and representation regimes.
This article argues that the relationship between capitalism and democracy is not immut-able but subject to changes over time best understood as movements across distinctive growth and representation regimes.
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Feb 22, 2023 · The relationship between capitalism and democracy is a delicate balance, as both systems are based on different values. Capitalism values economic efficiency and the free market, while democracy values equality and social justice.
