Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

East Asia confirms the superior capacity of industrial capitalism in raising the material standard of living of large masses of people.

A few years ago, a priest working in a slum section of a European city was asked why he was doing it, and replied, 'So that the rumor of God may not completely disappear.

In science, as in love, a concentration on technique is likely to lead to impotence.

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.