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• United States Congress—Elections—Finance [Browse]
• Campaign funds—United States [Browse]
• Campaign funds—Law and legislation—United States [Browse]
• Presidents—United States—Election—Finance [Browse]

Summary note

Mark Hanna?the turn-of-the-century iron-and-coal-magnate-turned-operative who leveraged massive contributions from the robber barons?was famously quoted as saying: ?There are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I can't remember what the second one is." To an extent that would have made Hanna blush, a series of developments capped by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision effectively crowned a bunch of billionaires and their operatives the new kings of politics.Big Money is a rollicking tour of a new political world dramatically reor

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Preface; 1. The Billionaires' Club; 2. The Pony; 3. The New Boss; 4. The Barrel of a Gun; 5. The Political Fantasy Camp; 6. The Big-Money Prototype Candidate; 7. The Brothers Behind the Tea Party; 8. The Turnaround; 9. The Biggest Bet Yet; 10. The Autopsies; 11. The Civil Wars; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

ISBN

1-61039-339-2

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