Author: Peter L. Berger

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In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state.

- Peter L. Berger

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

- Peter L. Berger

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.

- Peter L. Berger

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

- Peter L. Berger

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy.

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy.

- Peter L. Berger

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