Democrazia: differenze tra le versioni

Sono stati di recente anche evidenziati i rischi che il [[populismo]] comporta, in termini di disfunzionalità della democrazia<ref>V. [httphttps://www.economist.com/news/business/21712165-1942-joseph-schumpeter-warned-capitalism-might-not-survive-surge-populism-means-it?zid=295&ah=0bca374e65f2354d553956ea65f756e0 ''Our Schumpeter columnist pens a dark farewell'', Economist, Dec 24th 2016], che, peraltro, affianca alla sua analisi la visione a breve termine con cui gli elettori male informati guardano agli interessi collettivi: "At the same time democracy is becoming more dysfunctional. Plato’s great worry about representative government was that citizens would “live from day to day, indulging the pleasure of the moment”. He was right: most democracies overspend to give citizens what they want in the short run (whether tax cuts or enhanced entitlements) and neglect long-term investments. On top of that, lobbyists and other vested interests have by now made a science of gaming the system to produce private benefits".</ref>.

* {{cita libro |autore=[[Hjalmar Schacht]]|titolo = Come muore una democrazia|città=Milano |editore= Edizioni del Borghese |anno = 1971 |oclc = 926826264|urlarchivio = httphttps://archive.isfo/JxV1Q/ | dataarchivio = 15 aprile 2019|urlmorto = no}}