The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four years. The choices have to be meaningful. But increasingly, and especially in the US, it seems that the political system is more akin to "one dollar one vote" than to "one person one vote". Rather than correcting the market failures, the political system was reinforcing them.


The Price of Inequality (ed. Penguin UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9780718197391

Joseph Stiglitz Quotes

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four...

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four...

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four...

The protesters have called into question whether there is a real democracy. Real democracy is more than the right to vote once every two or four...