Dark Money
Book description
A LITHUB BOOK OF THE DECADE.
The US is one of the largest democracies in the world - or is it?
America is experiencing an age of profound economic inequality. Employee protections have been decimated, and state welfare is virtually non-existent, while hedge fund billionaires are grossly under-taxed and big…
Why read it?
1 author picked Dark Money as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Real conspiracies do exist. Sometimes. And sometimes they play out in broad daylight or just below the surface. Mayer scratches that surface and reveals the incredible influence that is wielded by just a handful of American oligarchs, who use their wealth to determine the direction of America. This is a page-turner on the one hand, but on the other, it is also a serious scholarly effort that amply documents how money drives politics in the U.S.
From Stephan's list on the perils facing democracy.
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