F. A. Hayek Is Probably The Most Prominent Advocate Of Capitalism In The Present Period.
One Can't Understand The Christian Right And Similar Movements Unless One Sees Them As Reactive - They're Reacting To What They Call Secular Humanism
In A Market Economy, However, The Individual Has Some Possibility Of Escaping From The Power Of The State
Even In A Society As Tightly Controlled As Singapore's, The Market Creates Certain Forces Which Perhaps In The Long Run May Lead To Democracy
But We Don't Have An Example Of A Democratic Society Existing In A Socialist Economy - Which Is The Only Real Alternative To Capitalism In The Modern World.
I'm Sure Putnam Is Right That There's Been A Decline In Certain Kinds Of Organizations Like Bowling Leagues. But People Participate In Communities In Other Ways.
So I Think One Can Say On Empirical Grounds - Not Because Of Some Philosophical Principle - That You Can't Have Democracy Unless You Have A Market Economy.
If A Socialist Economy Is Opened Up To Increasing Degrees Of Market Forces, A Point Will Be Reached At Which Democratic Governance Becomes A Possibility.
There Is A Continuum Of Values Between The Churches And The General Community. What Distinguishes The Handling Of These Values In The Churches Is Mainly The Heavier Dosage Of Religious Vocabulary Involved
To Be Located In Society Means To Be At The Intersection Point Of Specific Social Forces. Commonly One Ignores These Forces One Also Knows That There Is Not An Awful Lot That One Can Do About This.
It Has Been True In Western Societies And It Seems To Be True Elsewhere That You Do Not Find Democratic Systems Apart From Capitalism, Or Apart From A Market Economy, If You Prefer That Term
