Dark money : how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US
Title:
Dark money : how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US
Author:
Mayer, Jane.
ISBN:
9781925228847
Publication Information:
London : Scribe, 2016.
Physical Description:
449 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract:
"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?" -- Publisher.
Geographic Term:
Subject:
| Plutocracy -- United States. |
| Equality -- Economic aspects -- United States. |
| Political culture -- United States. |
| Billionaires -- Political activity -- United States. |
| United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- |
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?" -- Publisher.