It is essential reading for anybody interested in the future of democracy. 9781925228847 Dark Money 39.9000 NZD InStock /shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference/politics /shop/books/non-fiction/education-reference /shop/books /shop/books/non-fiction A LITHUB BOOK OF THE DECADE.ĭark Money brilliantly illuminates a shady corner of US politics. It is essential reading for anybody interested in the future of democracy. Jane Mayer, The New Yorker’s chief Washington correspondent, is the author of Dark Money and the recipient of a 2021 Freedom of the Press Award. Together, they have spent hundreds of millions of dollars influencing politicians and voters, and hijacking American democracy for their own ends.ĭark Money brilliantly illuminates a shady corner of US politics.
Led by libertarian industrialists the Koch brothers, they believe that taxes are a form of tyranny and that government oversight of business is an assault on freedom. In this powerful and meticulously researched work of investigative journalism, New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer exposes the network of billionaires trying to buy the US electoral system - and succeeding. How did this come about, and who were the driving forces behind it? Employee protections have been decimated, and state welfare is virtually non-existent, while hedge fund billionaires are grossly under-taxed and big businesses make astounding profits at the expense of the environment and of their workers. The US is one of the largest democracies in the world - or is it?Īmerica is experiencing an age of profound economic inequality.
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