Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9780393356892 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Publishing Date | 16/04/2019 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €17.83 |
| Tax | €1.07 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €18.90 |
| Availability | 1 unit in external warehouse |
Product Description
In the years surrounding the Second World War, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity—between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Yet, from the 1970s on, a power shift occurred in which financial regulations were rolled back, taxes were cut, inequality worsened and disheartened voters turned to far-right, faux populism. Robert Kuttner lays out the events that led to the post-war miracle and charts its dissolution all the way to Trump, Brexit and the tenuous state of the EU. He asks whether today’s poisonous alliance of reckless finance and ultra-nationalism is inevitable, and whether democracy can find a way to survive.