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First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 449 pages : chart ; 25 cm |
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Charts on lining papers. |
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A popular uprising against "big government" led to the ascendancy of a broad-based conservative movement. But Mayer shows that a network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. Their core beliefs-- that taxes are a form of tyranny; that government oversight of business is an assault on freedom-- are sincerely held. The chief figures in the network are Charles and David Koch. Mayer traces the trail of the billions of dollars spent by their network, and provides vivid portraits of the colorful figures behind the new American oligarchy. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-425) and index. |
| Contents |
Investors -- Weaponizing philanthropy : the war of ideas, 1970-2008. : Radicals : a Koch family history ; Hidden hand : Richard Mellon Scaife ; Beachheads : John M. Olin and the Bradley brothers ; Koch method : free-market mayhem ; Kochtopus : free-market machine -- Secret sponsors : covert operations, 2009-2010. Boots on the ground ; Tea time ; Fossils ; Money is speech : the long road to "Citizens United" ; Shellacking : dark money's midterm debut, 2010 -- Privatizing politics : total combat, 2011-2014. Spoils : plundering Congress ; Mother of all wars : the 2012 setback ; States : gaining ground ; Selling the new Koch : a better battle plan. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Political activists -- United States.
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Political activists. |
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United States. |
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Koch, David H., 1940-2019.
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Koch, David H., 1940-2019. |
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Libertarianism -- United States.
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Libertarianism. |
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Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935-
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Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935- |
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Conservatism -- United States.
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Conservatism. |
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Political culture -- United States.
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Political culture. |
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Radicalism -- United States.
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Radicalism. |
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Corporations -- Political activity -- United States.
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Corporations -- Political activity. |
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Corporate speech -- United States.
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Corporate speech. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2009 |
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Cloth or Hardcover.
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Politics -- Current Events.
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Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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American Government -- National.
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Political Process -- General.
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| ISBN |
0385535597 (hardback) |
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0385535600 (e-book) |
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0735210330 (large print) |
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9780385535595 (hardback) |
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9780385535601 (e-book) |
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9780735210332 (large print) |
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