LIVE: Does Money Distort Our Politics?

Published: Oct. 18, 2023, noon

b'If there is one thing the right and left seem to agree on it\\u2019s that money distorts our politics. It allows the rich to shape policy, choose who gets elected, and escape consequences. But what if this common belief isn\\u2019t as true as you think?\\n\\nOn our second live episode, we look back to famous paper in the political science literature, \\u201cWhy Is There so Little Money in U.S. Politics?\\u201d by Stephen Ansolabehere, John Figueiredo and James Snyder. Their provocative paper asks an often-overlooked question: if political money is so effective, why isn\\u2019t there more of it?\\n \\nThis episode was recorded live at the University of Chicago Podcast Network Festival.'