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Capitalists Rule Ok? Some Puzzles About Power

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  • Brian Barry

    (Columbia University, USA bmb21@columbia.edu)

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Even if we do not observe those who own or manage capital doing anything, are there nevertheless good reasons for saying that they have power over government? My thesis is that, on any analysis of `power over others' that enables us to say that voters have power over those elected and that consumers have power over producers, we also have to say that those who own or control capital have power over government. Conversely, the reasons that can be given (and have been given) for denying that owners of capital have power over governments would be equally good reasons for denying that voters have power over governments and that consumers have power over producers.

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  • Brian Barry, 2002. "Capitalists Rule Ok? Some Puzzles About Power," Politics, Philosophy & Economics, , vol. 1(2), pages 155-184, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:pophec:v:1:y:2002:i:2:p:155-184
    DOI: 10.1177/1470594X02001002001
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    1. W. R. Garside, 2012. "Japan’s Great Stagnation," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14624.
    2. Paster, Thomas, 2015. "Bringing power back in: A review of the literature on the role of business in welfare state politics," MPIfG Discussion Paper 15/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

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