Against the tide by Steven Friedman

We are often told that everyone, including large businesses, must be protected from the government's power. But a case before the Constitutional Court reminds us that large businesses have huge power and that we need to be protected from them too. One reason why democracy is in trouble is that democratic governments no longer protect people from the power of those who have money.

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.