Democracy and its Elected Enemies

American Political Capture and Economic Decline

Steven Rosefielde, Daniel Quinn Mills

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781107596030
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

Democracy and its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big business and big social advocacy confederates to the detriment of workers, the middle class and the non-political rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power, and provide an action plan for restoring 'true' democracy in which politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Democracy and Its Elected Enemies
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Executive Summary
• Part I Challenge of U.S. Politocracy
• Part II How Politocracy Drives U.S. Policy
• Part III Democratic Retreat and Revival
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index