Modern-day democracy has numerous weaknesses, as we’ve been made well aware: policy differences that cannot be resolved, corruption, manipulation of voting and elections, and the refusal of one side to allow the other to pass legislation. One other weakness deserves serious attention: lobbying and other forms of influence peddling. It’s an issue that reveals perhaps More

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