Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics

Published: Jan. 15, 2014, 3 a.m.

The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But there\u2019s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power. Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we\u2019re in: Dollarocracy.

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