Sunday, September 7, 2014

Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

An old man in a suit looks up from his newspaper and brandy. This man does not like to be disturbed while he's running the US
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The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite.
So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern University Prof Benjamin I Page.
This is not news, you say.
Perhaps, but the two professors have conducted exhaustive research to try to present data-driven support for this conclusion. Here's how they explain it:
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

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