Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Contents xiii
5. Figures xiv
6. Tables xiv
7. 1. The Foundations of the American Ethos: Capitalism and Democracy 1
8. 2. The Libertarian Tradition 18
9. 3. Egalitarianism 62
10. 4. The Cultural Foundations of Capitalism 101
11. 5. Capitalism as an Economic System 129
12. 6. Capitalism and Democracy in Conflict 161
13. 7. Ideology and the American Ethos 189
14. 8. Social Learning and the Acquisition of Political Norms 234
15. 9. The Future of Capitalist Democracy in the United States 264
16. Appendixes. Notes. Index
17. Appendix I. Empirical Methods 305
18. Appendix II. Three OVS Scales: Capitalist Values, Democratic Values, and Political Sophistication 309
19. Appendix III. Clear and Contested Norms 317
20. Notes 321
21. Index 337