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One, The Separation of the Economy from Government Control;
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Two, Contract Law and Patent Law;
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Three, The Encouragement of Science and Technological Application for the Production Process;
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Four, the Engendering of a Large, Prosperous, Well-Educated Middle Class.
This majority middle-class tends to be lawful, and to moderate the power of the rich and the potential violence of the poor.
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Glassman, R.M. (2019). Four Ways Free Market Capitalism Reinforces Legal-Rational Democracy. In: The Future of Democracy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16111-8_10
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