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Democracy vs. capitalism.
Democracy and free-market capitalism seem to suffer from image problems--opposite ones, as it happens. Capitalism is much better than its image; Democracy has turned out to be much worse.
Although capitalism is generally given credit, even by its detractors, for generating wealth and stimulating economic growth, it is commonly maligned for its seeming celebration of greed. But actually, capitalism tends to reward business behavior that is honest, fair, civil, and compassionate. And it inspires a form of risk-taking behavior that can often be characterized as heroic.
Meanwhile, democracy is often presented in an idealized manner: citizens participating on ...
- Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery.(Review)
- Magazine article from: American Political Science Review Cammack, Paul June 1, 2000 700+ words
Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery. By John Mueller...description of the contrasting "image mismatches" to which capitalism and democracy are subject--capitalism having an unjust negative image, and democracy an...
- A question of linkage: capitalism, prosperity, democracy....
- Magazine article from: The National Interest Stelzer, Irwin March 22, 1994 700+ words
...education and choice, capitalism creates counterpoises...entrepreneurial class, capitalism inevitably produces democracy. And since democracies don't start wars or...prosperity to market capitalism. Certainly, it seems...
- Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx.(Review) (book review)
- Magazine article from: Perspectives on Political Science KALINOWSKI, FRANKLIN A. September 22, 2000 700+ words
Luke, Timothy W. Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from...the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy and The True and Only Heaven...attracted to the argument of Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology. But it is precisely...
- Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx.(Review)
- Magazine article from: The Mississippi Quarterly WAAGE, F. December 22, 1999 700+ words
Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx, by Timothy W. Luke. Urbana...succeed in distancing through abstraction, Timothy W. Luke, in Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx succeeds in all by himself...
- The money men; capitalism, democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News February 1, 2007 700+ words
9780393061840 The money men; capitalism, democracy, and the Hundred Years' War over the American dollar...between equality and inequality, between democracy and capitalism, has played out in much of American history in political...
- CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND ECOLOGY: DEPARTING FROM MARX.(Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Theological Studies MCGOVERN, ARTHUR F. March 1, 2000 700+ words
CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND ECOLOGY: DEPARTING FROM MARX. By Timothy W. Luke. Urbana...dictated by those who control information and technology, they undermine democracy by lulling citizens into passive acceptance of consumer goods and...
- A BETTER HOPE: RESOURCES FOR A CHURCH CONFRONTING CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND...
- Magazine article from: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life March 1, 2001 700+ words
...BETTER HOPE: RESOURCES FOR A CHURCH CONFRONTING CAPITALISM, DEMOCRACY, AND POSTMODERNITY. By STANLEY HAUERWAS. Brazos...persistent as are the ills that he attacks. Capitalism and democracy as defined--his critics would say caricatured...
- Capitalism & democracy in 2040.
- Magazine article from: Daedalus Fogel, Robert W. June 22, 2007 700+ words
What, if any anything, can economic and demographic forecasts tell us about the prospects for capitalism and democracy around the world? (1) To help answer that question, I divided the world into groups based on economic output...
Source: HighBeam Research, Democracy vs. capitalism.