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Program 6: Capitalism and Democracy

Economist Stanley K. Sheinbaum argues that capitalism is not inherently democratic because economic decisions are not made democratically, and conversely that democracy does not improve the functioning of capitalism. Discussion with Harry S. Ashmore, Eugene Burdick, Paul P. Harbrecht, Walter Millis, John Courtney Murray, Reinhold Niebuhr, Isidore I. Rabi, and George N. Shuster. Aug. 21, 1961. [CSDI program number 6; UCSB tape numbers A7486/R7, A7487/R7]

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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions (CSDI) was founded by Robert Maynard Hutchins and was based in Santa Barbara, California, from 1959 to 1987. During that time it brought together many of the most capable and distinguished minds of the times to discuss vital issues facing American society of the day. Thanks to donors Neal Linson, Ceil Pulitzer, and Stanley Sheinbaum, a project has begun to digitize and make accessible on the web some of the most important conference proceedings, talks, and dialogues recorded by CSDI.

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