The anti-oligarchy constitution : reconstructing the economic foundations of American democracy /
Joseph Fishkin, William E. Forbath.
- Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
- 632 pages ; 24 cm.
Oligarchy is a threat to the republic. Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show that, for most of US history, Americans saw the Constitution as responding to that threat by imposing on legislators a duty to break up oligarchy, block corporate political power, and ensure a broad distribution of wealth and political power among ordinary Americans.
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Democracia--Aspectos económicos --Estados Unidos Oligarquía Historia constitucional Derecho constitucional--Aspectos económicos--Estados Unidos