Democracy is overrated. Capitalism, on the other hand, doesn't get enough credit. In this provocative and engaging book, John Mueller argues that these mismatches between image and reality create significant political and economic problems--inspiring instability, inefficiency, and widespread cynicism. We would be far better off, he writes, if we recognized that neither system is ideal or disastrous and accepted instead the humdrum truth that both are "pretty good." And, to Mueller, that means good enough. He declares that what is true of Garrison Keillor's fictional store "Ralph's Pretty Good.
- ISBN13 9781400823123
- Publish Date 30 July 2001 (first published 1 January 1999)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 352
- Language English
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