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1 online resource (464 pages) |
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The investors -- Weaponizing philanthropy : the war on 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 |
| Summary |
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?The conventional answer is that a popular uprising against 'big government' led to the rise of a broad-based conservative movement. But as Jane Mayer shows in this powerful, meticulously reported history, a network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views also played a key role by bankrolling a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. Jane Mayer spent five years conducting hundreds of interviews--including with several sources within the network--and scoured public records, private papers, and court proceedings in reporting this book. In a taut and utterly convincing narrative, she traces the byzantine trail of the billions of dollars spent by the network and provides vivid portraits of the colourful figures behind the new American oligarchy. Dark Money is a book that must be read by anyone who cares about the future of American democracy |
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Koch, David H., 1940-2019
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Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-
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Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935- fast |
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Koch, David H., 1940-2019 fast |
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Koch, David H. 1940-2019 gnd |
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Koch, Charles G. 1935- gnd |
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Tea Party movement -- United States
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Political activists -- United States.
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Conservatism -- United States
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Corporations -- Political activity -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Conservatism
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Corporations -- Political activity
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Political activists
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Politics and government
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Tea Party movement
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Tea-Party-Bewegung
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Konservativismus
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Politik
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Einfluss
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017
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United States
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USA
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781925307801 |
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1925307808 |
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