Join us for a look at the shadow side of globalization. Who created the wealth that enables some of us to enjoy unparalleled affluence? Do we owe them anything in return for their labors? Morality aside, what will happen to our own security if we continue to ignore their growing desperation?
Guests:
David de Ferranti, Miguel Pickard, Vinod Prakash, Pablo Solon
Original airdate:
Tue, 2005-02-08
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a gape betwen rich and poor.
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Do we need a Referendum For A New Democracy?
Are you concerned about the future of democracy? Do you feel democracy is under attack by extreme greed in countries around the world? Are you sick and tired of: living in fear, corporate greed, growing police state, government for the rich, working more but having less?
Can we use both elections and random selection (in the way we select government officials) to rid democracy of undue influence by extreme wealth and wealth-dominated mass media campaigns?
The world's first democracy (Athenian democracy, 600 B.C.) used both elections and random selection. Even Aristotle (the cofounder of Western thought) promoted the use random selection as the best way to protect democracy. The idea of randomly selecting (after screening) juries remains from Athenian democracy, but not randomly selecting (after screening) government officials. Why is it used only for individual justice and not also for social justice? Who wins from that? ...the extremely wealthy?
What is the best way to combine elections and random selection to protect democracy in today's world? Can we use elections as the way to screen candidates, and random selection as the way to do the final selection? Who wins from that? ...the people?
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