Mueller Capitalism, Democracy, and Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Mueller, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I Capitalism and Democracy: Images and Image Mismatches 5

Capitalism 6

Democracy 7

Ralph's Grocery 10

The Plan of the Book 12

CAPITALISM

CHAPTER 2 Capitalism's Image 21

The Capitalist Virtues 22

The Capitalist Virtues and the Monopolist 38

The Essential Insincerity of Capitalist Morality 38

My Nice Guys Finish First 42

Extrapolating the Capitalist Virtues 43

Capitalist Culture, Capitalist Inequality and Unfairness, Capitalist Competition 45

The Profound Irrationality of Capitalism: Investors as Unintended Altruists 54

CHAPTER 3 Sources of Capitalism's Negative Image 57

Socialists and Communists 57

storytellers 58

Intellectuals 61

Religion 65

Aristocrats and the Honorable 66

Ineffective Capitalist Propaganda 68

Capitalists 70

CHAPTER 4 The Consequences of Capitalism's Image for Economic Development 72

The Unequal Rate of Economic Development 73

Superimposing the Capitalist Virtues 75

Virtue as a Business Innovation 77

The Rise of Business Virtue 83

The Relative Importance of Business Virtue in Economic Development 93

The Relevance of an Effective Legal System to Economic Development 95

CHAPTER 5 Development, Happiness, and the Rise of the Politically Incorrect One-Handed Economist 99

One-Handedness 100

Political Incorrectness 104

Four Economic Propositions That Have Become Increasingly Accepted 106

The Prospects for Massive Economic Growth 122

Economic Development, Professed Happiness, and the Catastrophe Quota 123

Development and the Quest for Happiness 132

DEMOCRACY

CHAPTER 6 Images and Definitions 137

Defining Democracy: Responsive Government 138

Elections: Useful, but Not Essential 140

Political Inequality 145

Democracy in Practice: Coopting the Wealthy 147

Minority Rule and Majority Acquiescence 152

Democracy in Comparison 153

Democracy and Real People 161

CHAPTER 7 Consequences of the Democratic Image 164

Cynicism about the Democratic Process 166

Hyperdemocracy 185

The Rebellion of Minorities 187

The Trouble with Transitology 189

CHAPTER 8 The Rise of Democracy 192

A Democratic Dialogue 193

The Historical Movement of Ideas 195

The Correlates of Democracy 197

The Marketing of Democracy 202

Examining the Third Wave 212

The Future of Democracy 222

CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 9 Democracy and Capitalism: Connections and Disconnections 231

Capitalism without Democracy, Democracy without Capitalism 231

Democracy's Connection with Capitalist Prosperity 234

Democracy's Connection to Capitalist Growth 235

The Connection of Democracy and Capitalism with Crime 238

Conceptional Connections between Democracy and Capitalism 240

APPENDIX An Inventory of Propositions 243

Notes 255

References 289

Index 317

Über Autor(innen)

John Mueller is Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. His previous books include War, Presidents, and Public Opinion, Retreat from Doomsday: The Obsolescence of Major War, and Quiet Cataclysm: Reflections on the Recent Transformation of World Politics. He is a regular contributor to numerous academic journals and has written editorial page columns in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times. Outside the field of political science, Mueller has written the prize-winning Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films (Knopf) and cowritten A Foggy Day, a musical presented at the Shaw Festival in Ontario.