{"product_id":"9781503628977-10-less-democracy-why-you-should-trust-elites-a-little-more-and-the-masses-a-little-less","title":"10% Less Democracy Why You Should Trust Elites A Little More And The Masses A Little Less","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: During the 2016 presidential election both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders argued that elites were hurting the economy. But drawing together evidence and theory from across economics political science and even finance Garett Jones says otherwise. In 10% Less Democracy he makes the case that the richest most democratic nations would be better off if they slightly reduced accountability to the voting public turning up the dial on elite influence. To do this Jones builds on three foundational lines of evidence in areas where he has personal experience. First as a former staffer in the U. S. Senate he saw how senators voted differently as elections grew closer. Second as a macroeconomist Jones knows the merits of \"independent\" central banks which sit apart from the political process and are controlled by powerful insiders. The consensus of the field is that this detached technocratic approach has worked far better than more political and democratic banking systems. Third his previous research on the effects of cognitive skills on political social and economic systems revealed many ways in which well - informed voters improve government. Discerning repeated patterns Jones draws out practical suggestions for fine - tuning focusing on the length of political terms the independence of government agencies the weight that voting systems give to the more - educated and the value of listening more closely to a group of farsighted stakeholders with real skin in the game a nation's sovereign bondholders. Accessible to political news junkies while firmly rooted and rigorous 10% Less Democracy will fuel the national conversation about what optimal government looks like.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: 10% Less Democracy Why You Should Trust Elites A Little More And The Masses A Little Less\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Jones Garett\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781503628977\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 248 Pages, 3 Figures\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 3\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Economics","brand":"Jones Garett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49617641079089,"sku":"IN-G-9781503628977","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781503628977-10-less-democracy-why-you-should-trust-elites-a-little-more-and-the-masses-a-little-less","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}