Democracy at Risk
Subtitle: Rescuing Main Street from Wall Street
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published: May 16, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780738203263
Subjects: Political economy; Political structures: democracy; U.S. Government; Politics - Current Events; Economic Conditions; Contemporary Economic Situations And Conditions; Distribution Of Income; Politics/International Relations; Current Affairs; Politics / Current Events; Income distribution; USA; Economic Policy; Government - U.S. Government; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Populism; American; Capitalism; Democracy; Free enterprise
First sentence: it operates within rules set by the very visible hand of democracy. The challenge lies in how to write the rules so that the market works well for as many people as possible without impairing its capacity for creativity and prosperity and without damaging the natural world.