US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, left, talks to Medellin's mayor Sergio Fajado during a visit to the Medellin, Colombia in 2007.Luis Benavides/Press Association. All rights reserved.The arts of persuasion, influencing and organizing are taught in business schools to help people compete in the market, but not in ordinary schools to help people take part in democracy. As a result, commerce is stronger than democracy.
It is remarkable how little difference there is between schools in authoritarian societies and many schools in democracies.
