Inequality, democracy and the future of the media

With rising inequality, there is a risk that money increasingly corrupts politics-the rich using their resources to influence electoral, legislative, and regulatory process through campaign contributions, lobbying and the financing of the media. Hence preserving democracy-“one person one vote” rather “one dollar one vote”-requires to think about a new economic and legal framework for the future of the media. In this lecture and in her recent book, Julia Cagé proposes a new model at the intersection between shareholder companies and nonprofit foundations.