Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp-on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics
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- Synopsis
- Mark Hannauthe turn-of-the-century iron-and-coal-magnate-turned-operative who leveraged massive contributions from the robber baronsuwas famously quoted as saying: oThere are two things that are important in politics. The first is money, and I canOCOt remember what the second one is. OCO To an extent that would have made Hanna blush, a series of developments capped by the Supreme CourtOCOs 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 reordered by ever-larger flows of cash. Ken Vogel has breezed into secret gatherings of big-spending Republicans and Democrats alikeufrom California poolsides to DC hotel barsuto brilliantly expose the way the mega-money men (and rather fewer women) are dominating the new political landscape. Great wealth seems to attach itself to outsize characters. From the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to the bubbling nouveau cowboy Foster Friess; from the Texas trial lawyer couple, Amber and Steve Mostyn, to the micromanaging Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberguthe multimillionaires and billionaires are swaggering up to the tables for the hottest new game in politics. The prize is American democracy, and the playersOCO checks keep getting bigger.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 320 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781610393393
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781610393386
- Publisher:
- PublicAffairs
- Date of Addition:
- 06/17/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Kenneth P. Vogel
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.