{"id":8994,"date":"2021-12-17T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=8994"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:00:07","slug":"united-states-democracy-ferguson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/united-states-democracy-ferguson\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the United States a Democracy? With leading political scientist Tom Ferguson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p><strong>Is the United States a Democracy? 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He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Senior Fellow at Better Markets. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught formerly at MIT and the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Golden Rule (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and Right Turn (Hill &amp; Wang, 1986). His articles have appeared in many scholarly journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Economic History. 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