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[email protected] Madison Vanguard: A Novel By Berni Moestafa A capstone project submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Liberal Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, The City University of New York 2016 © 2016 BERNI MOESTAFA All Rights Reserved Madison Vanguard: A Novel By Berni Moestafa This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in Liberal Studies satisfying the capstone project requirement for the degree of Master of Arts. Prof. Roslyn Wallach Bologh Date Capstone Project Advisor Dr. Matthew K. Gold Date Executive Officer The City University of New York Abstract This capstone project takes the form of a popular fiction novel that introduces parts of the academic discussion on capitalism to a wider audience through storytelling. Using a fictional fiscal crisis in New York as its setting, the novel discusses the relationship between capitalism and democracy. It therefore aims to address the underrepresentation of the debate on capitalism in SRSXODUHQWHUWDLQPHQWDQGUDLVHDZDUHQHVVDERXWVRPHRIWKHGHEDWH¶VNH\LVVXHV Popular culture be that music, film, books, media, videogames or advertisement surround our lives and expose us to a plethora of messages that help shape our understanding of the world around us.