10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less Jones Garett
10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less Jones Garett During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites…
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10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less Jones Garett
During the 2016 presidential election, both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were hurting the economy. In 10% Less Democracy, he makes the case that the richest, most democratic nations would be better off if they slightly reduced accountability to the voting public, turning up the dial on elite influence.To do this, Jones builds on three foundational lines of evidence in areas where he has personal experience. But, drawing together evidence and theory from across economics, political science, and even finance, Garett Jones says otherwise.
Senate, he saw how senators voted differently as elections grew closer. First, as a former staffer in the U.S. Second, as a macroeconomist, Jones knows the merits of independent central banks, which sit apart from the political process and are controlled by powerful insiders.
The consensus of the field is that this