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- Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America is a 2017 non-fiction book by Nancy MacLean published by Viking Press. MacLean critically examines public choice economics, the philosophy of economist James M. Buchanan at George Mason University, which became a significant influence on the libertarian movement and the Republican Party, and formed the foundation for the political activities of the Koch brothers in the U.S. Buchanan believed, MacLean argues, that democracy must be suppressed for capitalism to flourish, which explains why the right-wing, funded behind the scenes by secretive dark money networks, engages in anti-democratic behavior and policymaking, such as opposing unions and Social Security, supporting voter suppression and privatization, and placing impenetrable barriers to popular and social democracy. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction. Reviewers received it mostly along partisan political lines. (en)
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