Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right / Jane Mayer.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mayer, Jane (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday, [2016]
Edition:First Edition.
Subjects:
Koch, Charles G. > (Charles de Ganahl), > 1935-
Koch, David H., > 1940-2019.
Political activists > United States.
Tea Party movement.
Libertarianism > United States.
Conservatism > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Radicalism > United States.
Corporations > Political activity > United States.
Corporate speech > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
Conservatism.
Corporate speech.
Corporations > Political activity.
Libertarianism.
Political activists.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Radicalism.
United States.
Since 2009
Politische Kultur.
Libertarianismus.
Wirtschaftliche Elite.
Politik.
Einflussnahme.
USA.
Physical Description:xii, 449 pages : chart ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The investors
  • Weaponizing philanthropy: the war of ideas, 1970-2008. Radicals: A Koch family history ; The hidden hand: Richard Mellon Scaife ; Beachheads: John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers ; The Koch method: Free-market mayhem ; The Kochtopus: Free-market machine
  • Secret sponsors: covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground ; Tea time ; The fossils ; Money is speech: The long road to "Citizens United" ; The shellacking: Dark money's midterm debut, 2010
  • Privatizing politics: total combat, 2011-2014. The spoils: Plundering Congress ; Mother of all wars: The 2012 setback ; The States: Gaining ground ; Selling the new Koch: A better battle plan.