In a previous book, The Price of Inequality, Joseph Stiglitz warned of the risk of populists seizing power.
Interview by Maxime Thuillez in Paris
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Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018