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Big money : 2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, and a pimp-on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking American politics / Kenneth P. Vogel.
Author
Vogel, Kenneth P., 1975-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
2014.
New York : Public Affairs, 2014.
©2014
Description
1 online resource (321 p.)
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United States Congress
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Elections
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Finance
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Campaign funds
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United States
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Campaign funds
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Law and legislation
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United States
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Presidents
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United States
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Election
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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.
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Description based on print version record.
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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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Big money : 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp--on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics / Kenneth P. Vogel
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Big money : 2.5 billion dollars, one suspicious vehicle, and a pimp-- on the trail of the ultra-rich hijacking American politics / Kenneth P. Vogel.
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