Democracy is facing an uncertain future in the United States as President Donald Trump continues to spread baseless claims that our voting system is “rigged.” Historian Sheri Berman writes in her new book that capitalism can no longer deliver prosperity for all citizens and, as a result, optimism about our collective future has been replaced by “fears that democracy is in retreat.” We often assume that capitalism and democracy go together, but very often throughout history, Berman points out, they have been in conflict.
