Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century

by Torben Iversen and David Soskice

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A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each other

It is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising inequality and mounting populism. This book, written by two of the world's leading political economists, argues this view is wrong: advanced democracies are resilient, and their enduring historical relationship with capitalism has been mutually beneficial.

For all the chaos and upheaval over the past century-major wars, economic crises, massive social change, and technological revolutions-Torben Iversen and David Soskice show...

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  • ISBN10 0691182736
  • ISBN13 9780691182735
  • Publish Date 5 February 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Princeton University Press