LEADER 04728nam a22007815i 4500001 99125359506606421 005 20240404214327.0 006 m|||||o||d|||||||| 007 cr -n--------- 008 200723t20202014cau fo d z eng d 020 0-8047-9158-9 024 7 10.1515/9780804791588 |2doi 035 (CKB)3710000000128522 035 (EBL)1713124 035 (SSID)ssj0001226263 035 (PQKBManifestationID)12459166 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226263 035 (PQKBWorkID)11270553 035 (PQKB)11492610 035 (DE-B1597)564140 035 (DE-B1597)9780804791588 035 (PPN)244998205 035 (FR-PaCSA)88897432 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC1713124 035 (EXLCZ)993710000000128522 040 DE-B1597 |beng |cDE-B1597 |erda 041 eng 044 cau |cUS-CA 050 4 KF4920 072 7 LAW018000 |2bisacsh 082 04 324.7 80973 |223 100 1 Kuhner, Timothy K., |eauthor. |4aut |4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 245 10 Capitalism v. Democracy : |bMoney in Politics and the Free Market Constitution / |cTimothy K. Kuhner. 250 1st ed. 264 1 Stanford, CA : |bStanford University Press, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource (377 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 500 Description based upon print version of record. 546 English 520 As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately |1billion to become president, |10 million to become a Senator, and |1million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns, an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing corporate political power have become the new normal in American politics. In Capitalism v. Democracy, Timothy Kuhner explains how these conditions have corrupted American democracy, turning it into a system of rule that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary citizens. Kuhner maintains that these conditions have corrupted capitalism as well, routing economic competition through political channels and allowing politically powerful companies to evade market forces. The Supreme Court has brought about both forms of corruption by striking down campaign finance reforms that limited the role of money in politics. Exposing the extreme economic worldview that pollutes constitutional interpretation, Kuhner shows how the Court became the architect of American plutocracy. Capitalism v. Democracy offers the key to understanding why corporations are now citizens, money is political speech, limits on corporate spending are a form of censorship, democracy is a free market, and political equality and democratic integrity are unconstitutional constraints on money in politics. Supreme Court opinions have dictated these conditions in the name of the Constitution, as though the Constitution itself required the privatization of democracy. Kuhner explores the reasons behind these opinions, reveals that they form a blueprint for free market democracy, and demonstrates that this design corrupts both politics and markets. He argues that nothing short of a constitutional amendment can set the necessary boundaries between capitalism and democracy. 588 0 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020) 505 00 |tFrontmatter -- |tContents -- |tPreface -- |t1 The Question Raised by America’s Design -- |t2 Free Market Democracy -- |t3 Corporations Speak -- |t4 Consumer Sovereignty -- |t5 Why Capitalism Governs Democracy -- |t6 Plutocracy -- |t7 Capitalism and Democracy Reconciled -- |tNotes -- |tBibliography -- |tIndex 650 4 Campaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States. 650 4 Capitalism -- United States. 650 4 Constitutional law -- United States. 650 4 Democracy -- United States. 650 4 United States -- Politics and government. 650 4 United States. -- Supreme Court. 650 0 Campaign funds |xLaw and legislation |zUnited States 650 0 Constitutional law |zUnited States 650 0 Capitalism |zUnited States 650 0 Democracy |zUnited States 650 7 Law - U.S. |2HILCC 650 7 Law, Politics & Government |2HILCC 650 7 Constitutional Law - U.S. |2HILCC 653 Buckley v. Valeo. 653 Citizens United. 653 Political finance. 653 campaign finance reform. 653 corporate political power. 653 crony capitalism. 653 lobbyists. 653 money in politics. 653 separatism. 653 superPACs. 776 |z0-8047-8066-8 906 BOOK