Against Democracy

September 6, 2016 Topic: Politics Region: Americas Tags: United StatesDemocracyVotingElectionsGovernment

Against Democracy

Democracy has had a good run. But its design is fundamentally flawed.

 

Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. This article was adapted from his new book Against Democracy (Princeton University Press), released September 7, 2016.

Image: Voting booths in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, for the general election held on November 3, 2015. Flickr/Tim Evanson