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Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Balancing democracy and the free market: 2 of 5

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 democratic and the most economically anarchic at the same time. The question is: Can a balance be maintained or must one win out over the other? Is an economy that is both a free market and democratic an impossibility? Free market implies that all are free to buy and sell as they will. Even if the starting point were one of equal ownership of resources and income the outcome after a ...
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