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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. 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 in the United States. Buchanan believed that democracy must be suppressed for capitalism to flourish, which MacLean argues explains why the right-wing engages in anti-democratic behavior and policymaking. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction. It was received mostly along partisan political lines.<ref name=ft>{{cite web|last1=Farrell|first1=Henry|last2=Teles|first2=Steven|title=When Politics Drives Scholarship|url=https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/henry-farrell-steven-m-teles-when-politics-drives-scholarship|website=Boston Review|language=en|date=30 August 2017}}</ref>