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After hustling to be a responsible employee and a smart consumer, is there any time, money, and energy left each week to be a good citizen? The global free market does a great job creating a world-wide demand and desire for products and services, but does it simultaneously undermine the ability of civic society to meet its vital needs? What are the prospects for democracy when the largest economic power in the world exports a laissez-faire economic model that prioritises marketing goods over meeting growing humanitarian needs? Can the world survive America?
Benjamin Barber directs the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University. His books include A Place for Us and A Passion for Democracy.
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