Martin Wolf

La relación entre capitalismo y democracia se ha vuelto problemática, pero ambos se necesitan mutuamente Hace tres décadas, tras el colapso de la Unión Soviética, el capitalismo democrático occidental parecio triunfar definitivamente. Hoy, ese sistema atraviesa una crisis profunda. A izquierda y derecha proliferan las voces de quienes afirman que al capitalismo le iria mejor sin democracia, y la de quienes sostienen que la democracia estaria mejor sin capitalismo. La democracia liberal esta amenazada incluso en los paises donde nacio, Reino Unido y Estados Unidos, en medio de una ola populista global. Los modelos politicos autoritarios y los modelos economicos anticapitalistas siguen ganando popularidad. ¿Por que ha sucedido esto? Y, sobre todo, ¿que debemos hacer? Martin Wolf reflexiona sobre el precario equilibrio donde se asienta el binomio capitalismo-democracia. Por muy necesario que sea este matrimonio, surgen tensiones inevitables entre los supuestos igualitarios de la democracia y las tendencias desigualitarias del capitalismo, y entre el impulso globalizador del mercado y las raices nacionales de la democracia. Wolf, una de las voces mas autorizadas en el analisis economico internacional, propone reequilibrar la relacion entre los dos elementos del capitalismo democratico. La politica debe reflejar las opiniones de los ciudadanos y la economia debe estar al servicio del pueblo. A su juicio, y pese a todas las tensiones que lo atraviesan, el capitalismo democratico sigue siendo el sistema mas exitoso de la historia, y el unico capaz de proporcionar al mismo tiempo libertad y bienestar. Por ello debemos preservarlo.

A distinguished international economist here offers a powerful defense of the global market economy. Martin Wolf explains how globalization works, critiques the charges against it, argues that the biggest obstacle to global economic progress has been the failure not of the market but of governments, and offers a realistic scenario for economic internationalism in the post-9/11 age.

From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks and one of the most influential writers on economics a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are being strained and rejected even in democracy s notional heartlands Around the world democratic capitalism which depends on the determined separation of power from wealth is in crisis Some now argue that capitalism is better without democracy others that democracy is better without capitalism This book is a forceful rejoinder to both views It analyses how the marriage between capitalism and democracy has become so fraught and yet insists that a divorce would be an almost unimaginable calamity Martin Wolf one of the wisest public voices on global affairs argues that for all its recent failings slowing growth increasing inequality widespread popular disillusion democratic capitalism though inherently fragile remains the best system we know for human flourishing Capitalism and democracy are complementary oppo

From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks and one of the most influential writers on economics a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy and in the very notion of truth The ties that ought to bind open markets to free and fair elections are being strained and rejected even in democracy s notional heartlands Around the world democratic capitalism which depends on the determined separation of power from wealth is in crisis Some now argue that capitalism is better without democracy others that democracy is better without capitalism This book is a forceful rejoinder to both views It analyses how the marriage between capitalism and democracy has become so fraught and yet insists that a divorce would be an almost unimaginable calamity Martin Wolf one of the wisest public voices on global affairs argues that for all its recent failings slowing growth increasing inequality widespread popular disillusion democratic capitalism though inherently fragile remains the best system we know for human flourishing Capitalism and democracy are complementary oppos

Uno de los escritores sobre economía más influyentes del mundo. Muchos son los libros que han tratado de explicar las causas y el transcurso de la crisis financiera y económica que se inició en 20