Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right
Mayer, Jane
Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right / Jane Mayer - First Edition - New York : Doubleday , 2016 - 449 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The investors -- Weaponizing philanthropy : the war of ideas, 1970-2008. Radicals : a Koch family history ; The hidden hand : Richard Mellon Scaife ; Beachheads : John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers ; The Koch method : free-market mayhem ; The Kochtopus : free-market machine -- Secret sponsors : covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground ; Tea time ; The fossils ; Money is speech : the long road to "Citizens United" ; The shellacking : dark money's midterm debut, 2010 -- Privatizing politics : total combat, 2011-2014. The spoils : plundering Congress ; Mother of all wars : the 2012 setback ; The States : gaining ground ; Selling the new Koch : a better battle plan.
Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? Dark Money is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of American democracy.
English
9780385535595
Koch, David H. (1940 -)
Koch, Charles G. (1935 -)
Political activists---United States
Libertarianism---United States
Conservatism---United States
Political culture---United States
Radicalism---United States
Corporations---Political activity---United States.
Corporate speech
United States---Politics and government
JC599.U5 / M373 2016
320.973 MAY
Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right / Jane Mayer - First Edition - New York : Doubleday , 2016 - 449 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The investors -- Weaponizing philanthropy : the war of ideas, 1970-2008. Radicals : a Koch family history ; The hidden hand : Richard Mellon Scaife ; Beachheads : John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers ; The Koch method : free-market mayhem ; The Kochtopus : free-market machine -- Secret sponsors : covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground ; Tea time ; The fossils ; Money is speech : the long road to "Citizens United" ; The shellacking : dark money's midterm debut, 2010 -- Privatizing politics : total combat, 2011-2014. The spoils : plundering Congress ; Mother of all wars : the 2012 setback ; The States : gaining ground ; Selling the new Koch : a better battle plan.
Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? Dark Money is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of American democracy.
English
9780385535595
Koch, David H. (1940 -)
Koch, Charles G. (1935 -)
Political activists---United States
Libertarianism---United States
Conservatism---United States
Political culture---United States
Radicalism---United States
Corporations---Political activity---United States.
Corporate speech
United States---Politics and government
JC599.U5 / M373 2016
320.973 MAY
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