Balancing democracy and the free market

by Peabody Snickersbee

Are democracy and a free market compatible? The tension between democracy and the market has driven history since at least the French Revolution, a tension most obvious in the U.S. which strives to be the most democrati...read more

by Andrew Spriggs

We like to believe that free market economics and a democratic or representational form of government are perfectly compatible and symbiotic partners. There are obvious similarities between both structures, of course, such...read more

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by Tyler Mills

Ha -Joon Chang is a professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is one of the leading critics of organizations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. Cho's most recent published work, Bad Samarita...read more

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by Jeffrey Ramsey

The question of balancing free market economic systems with democratic political systems seems at first a bit odd. How can our free choices in economic behavior be something to contrast with free choices in unified social...read more

by Michael Bettencourt

WHY CONSERVATIVES SHOULD FEAR THE MARKET Conservatives have a touching faith in the magic of the market to bring a new Eden to our troubled land, that applying the market to the ills that afflict us will increase our ch...read more

by Adam Dorado

The foundation of the constitution upholds our beliefs yet doesn't bother to explain the reasons behind our beliefs. Those reasons are self-evident in regards to the full spectrum of rights afforded to all. The eco...read more