Just (Don’t) Do It
A short piece of prose regarding the usurping of our democracy
A short piece of prose regarding the usurping of our democracy
In 2014 two Princeton researchers published a study proving the accuracy of that folk wisdom. They found that what ordinary people wanted and what the government actually did had essentially no relationship. On the other hand, the preferences of the economic elites had quite a significant impact on actual policies.
This opinion piece is by Saib Bilaval, a research scholar in modern and contemporary history at Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.