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2. Power Structure and Democracy

Author : Adolfo Figueroa

Published in: Economics of the Anthropocene Age

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Market and democracy constitute the fundamental institutions of capitalism. Therefore, economic growth with social maladies found earlier as the outcomes of the economic process corresponds to democratic capitalism. This is certainly a paradox, which needs a scientific explanation. This chapter intends to supply such an explanation. To be sure, this chapter is not a philosophical or doctrinaire discussion of democracy (which is abundant), but a scientific one (which is scarce). It is not about what democracy ought to be; it is rather about what democracy is.

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Metadata
Title
Power Structure and Democracy
Author
Adolfo Figueroa
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Economics of the Anthropocene Age

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-62583-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-62584-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62584-3_2