Book: “Democracy in Chains”

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We hear from historian Nancy MacLean, whose book “Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America,” tells the story of Nobel Laureate economist James McGill Buchanan, whose economic theories led him to a “stealth” agenda of hindering majority rule by undermining trust in government.

Author and Historian Nancy MacLean

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