So I think one can say on empirical grounds - not because of some philosophical principle - that you can't have democracy unless you have a market economy.
Peter L. BergerThe basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude
Peter L. BergerLanguage is capable of becoming the objective repository of vast accumulations of meaning and experience, which it can then preserve in time and transmit to following generations.
Peter L. BergerEven in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy
Peter L. Berger