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Necessary to Democracy? 235The market system is, then, by this hypothesis, historicallytied to democracy by elite assault on the mass mind.Given the assault and its consequent uniformities ofthought, the democracy to which it is tied is a minimal orlow-grade democracy rather than a highly developed one,blighted as it is by the incapacity of its citizens to think.That this minimal democracy exists at all seems to owe agreat deal to merchant and entrepreneurial political energiesthat curbed the powers of the authoritarian state beforethen undertaking an assault on the mind that obstructs afuller democracy. In all this we find no convincing evidenceor argument that, except in the mind, the market system isnecessary to democracy. Not having found it, we acknowledgethat nevertheless it may exist. There may be connectionsthat we have missed.
17Enterprise Obstructions toDemocracyWhether market elites did or did not historically make acontribution to minimal democracy and do or do not continueto do so, they blight a fuller democracy through theirassault on the mind. The market system holds democracydown to a low level in other ways too, obstructing a moregenuine yet feasible democracy.If genuine democracy requires, by definition, at least arough equality of political influence or power among citizensin their attempts to control elites, then any significanteconomic inequality among citizens is an obstruction todemocracy. Inequalities in income and wealth create inequalitiesin opportunity to run for office, in launching candidates,in capacities to use the mass media to influencevoters, in lobbying, and in social interchange with party andgovernment officials. Because market systems produce inequalityof income and wealth, they obstruct democracy.Q.E.D. That communist or other nonmarket systems alsoproduce inequalities of income and wealth does not refutethis conclusion.Beyond that fundamental market-system obstruction todemocracy are several others that hinge on the position ofthe enterprise, especially the corporation, in the politicalsystem. They provide the agenda for this chapter.
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1Market System AscendantThe massive
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Market System Ascendant 3abruptly r
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Market System Ascendant 5other meth
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Market System Ascendant 7obstructio
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Market System Ascendant 9seas marke
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Market System Ascendant 11Yet it mi
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Market System Ascendant 13in politi
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Market System Ascendant 15But what
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2Society’s CoordinationHaving pre
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Society’s Coordination 21one adul
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Society’s Coordination 23taining
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Society’s Coordination 25facing a
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Society’s Coordination 27dination
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Society’s Coordination 29it is no
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Society’s Coordination 31to coope
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Society’s Coordination 33straint.
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3Market-System CoordinationThe mark
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Market-System Coordination 37forgot
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Market-System Coordination 39Take s
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Market-System Coordination 41linked
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Market-System Coordination 43induce
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Market-System Coordination 45under
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Market-System Coordination 47for co
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Market-System Coordination 49Diffus
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Market-System Coordination 51Black
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Bones Beneath Flesh 532. To broad r
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Bones Beneath Flesh 55giving—unli
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Bones Beneath Flesh 57either for an
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Bones Beneath Flesh 59interchange.
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5Enterprise and CorporationIn marke
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Enterprise and Corporation 63“rel
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Enterprise and Corporation 65call m
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Enterprise and Corporation 67subscr
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Enterprise and Corporation 69lenge
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Enterprise and Corporation 71invest
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Enterprise and Corporation 73count
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Enterprise and Corporation 75and so
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Enterprise and Corporation 77of by
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Enterprise and Corporation 79fails,
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Enterprise and Corporation 81Retail
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Enterprise and Corporation 83most,
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Maximum Reach 85other, family anoth
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Maximum Reach 87pursuit of nonmater
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Maximum Reach 89Another circular in
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Maximum Reach 91Let us look at each
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Maximum Reach 93Some forms of monop
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Maximum Reach 95task of coordinatio
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7Chosen DomainWisely or foolishly,
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Chosen Domain 99uted freely rather
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Chosen Domain 101trol of the volume
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Chosen Domain 103objects, although
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Chosen Domain 105the larger ones, m
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Chosen Domain 107us well understand
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8Quid Pro QuoThe market system work
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Quid Pro Quo 113some do not? Why no
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Quid Pro Quo 115I see the visitor t
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Quid Pro Quo 117centives require so
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Quid Pro Quo 119£35 per hour. Ten
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Quid Pro Quo 121the rule: adults wi
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9What Efficiency RequiresDespite wh
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What Efficiency Requires 125Suppose
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What Efficiency Requires 127values
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What Efficiency Requires 129The bur
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What Efficiency Requires 131society
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What Efficiency Requires 133lular p
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What Efficiency Requires 135most of
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What Efficiency Requires 137The con
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What Efficiency Requires 139corps o
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Market-System Efficiency 141terials
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Market-System Efficiency 143Motivat
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Market-System Efficiency 145product
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11InefficienciesSome attributes of
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Inefficiencies 149Enterprises impos
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Inefficiencies 151transferable fish
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Inefficiencies 153At first glance,
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Inefficiencies 155ants only under l
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Inefficiencies 157quently, most ent
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Inefficiencies 159flation. Such par
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Inefficiencies 161petent government
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Inefficiencies 163taxes, transfer p
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Inefficiencies 165ulation. It also
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Too Little,Too Late 167ute income s
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Too Little,Too Late 169sion of the
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Too Little,Too Late 171other societ
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Too Little,Too Late 173In the game,
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Too Little,Too Late 175in its own p
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Too Little,Too Late 177moves not to
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Freedom? 179cloudland of abstractio
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Freedom? 181The several advantages
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Freedom? 183(consumer sovereignty).
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Page 202 and 203: 14Personality and CultureI do not h
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Page 260: P A R TIIIThinking About Choices
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Page 281 and 282: 272 Thinking About ChoicesSequentia
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Page 288 and 289: NotesChapter 1. Market System Ascen
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Notes 285for mutually advantageous
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Notes 287On the alleged decline of
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Notes 289Chapter 17. Enterprise Obs
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IndexAristotle, 28, 200, 204Assault
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Index 29324; conventional efficienc
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Index 295Peacekeeping: as coordinat
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