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Spoliation vs. ‘The right not to lie’: An economic theory of the 2012 political crisis leading to the referendum to impeach the President of Romania

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Croitoru L.

International Review of Social Research

2016

vol. 6

issue 3

118-128

In July 2012, Romania witnessed signs hinting at a possible erosion of political freedom. The paper shows that these signs point to a significant shortfall in economic freedom, deeply rooted in insecure property rights and high corruption. Such a shortage accounts for both the absence of the rule of law and many people’s reliance on the government for a job. Voters reliant on redistribution (mainly employees in the public sector, pensioners and welfare recipients) who actually cast their votes have outnumbered the other voters and have come to think of themselves as the owners not only of the redistribution rights set forth by law, but also of the values of those rights. Thus, excessive redistribution lays the groundwork for the “tyranny of the majority” and explains why the mechanisms to correct excesses cannot be used or are used too late, as they seem illegitimate. The paper presents the particularities of voters reliant on redistribution and the mechanism whereby they may come to agree, even if not wholeheartedly, to the reduction in their political freedoms if this means averting a cut in redistribution incomes. The paper concludes that it is only a matter of time before political freedom deteriorates in the absence of higher economic freedom via enhanced property rights, lower corruption and less reliance on redistribution.

The dilemmas of the power of market economy

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Mikoláš Z., Fialová V.

Studia Ekonomiczne

2016

vol. 303

9-23

The paper focused on the dilemmas of the power of market society. In the article, the authors focused on finding context of trends in the contemporary world and exploring the main elements of society. The main elements of society are economic, political and violent forces. The authors reach a decision that people are heading to a new stage of the development of the world, i.e. globalization tends to deglobalization, however, in a new qualitative and historical context etc. The main methodological principle of authors’ research activities is the diagnostic – therapeutical approach to the world and its development; and using the methods and techniques of mathematical-logic modeling, thought description and scenarios.

Zdaniem autorów społeczeństwo zmierza do nowego etapu rozwoju świata – globalizacja ma tendencję do deglobalizacji w nowym kontekście jakościowym i historycznym. Badanie koncentruje się na dylematach władzy społeczeństwa rynkowego. Badanie ma na celu znalezienie tendencji we współczesnym świecie i odkrycie głównych elementów społeczeństwa, którymi są siły ekonomiczne, polityczne oraz gwałtowne. Główne założenia metodologiczne badań to diagnostyczno-terapeutyczne podejście do świata i rozwoju oraz technik modelowania logiki matematycznej poprzez opis oraz scenariusze.

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Spoliation vs. ‘The right not to lie’: An economic theory of the 2012 political crisis leading to the referendum to impeach the President of Romania

The dilemmas of the power of market economy