03707cam a2200505 i 4500 115010 115010 BJBSDDR 20230411090714.0 ta 151112t2017 nyud b 001 0deng d 9780307947901 18854473 (OCoLC)ocn929917321 YDXCP eng YDXCP spa lccopycat n-us--- JC 573.2 M468d 2017 320.520973 Mayer, Jane 1955- (Jane Meredith), Dark money : the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right / Jane Mayer. New York : Doubleday, 2017 xii, 449 p.: chart ; 25 cm Chart on lining papers. 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 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. Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-425) and index. 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. 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. Koch, David H., 1940- Koch, Charles G. (Charles de Ganahl), 1935- Political activists United States. Activistas políticos Estados Unidos 7222 Libertarianismo 5320 Conservatismo 2747 Libertarianism United States. Conservatism United States. Political culture United States. Radicalism United States. Corporations Political activity United States. Corporate speech United States. Conservatismo Estados Unidos. 2831 United States Politics and government 2009- Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2009- 507 lcc BK 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2021-02-23 0 JC 573.2 M468d 2017 00000128174 2021-02-23 00:00:00 1 2021-02-23 BK