03843cam a2200517 i 4500999001900000003000800019005001700027007000300044008004100047020001800088035001300106035002400119040002200143041000800165042001400173043001200187050002600199082001500225100004300240245010900283260003300392300003300425500002800458500034700486500066200833504006901495505069001564520034502254600002802599600005202627650004002679650004902719650002702768650002402795650003502819650003302854650003802887650003102925650005302956650003703009650004103046651005003087651005403137942001203191952012203203  c115010d115010BJBSDDR20230411090714.0ta151112t2017    nyud     b    001 0deng d  a9780307947901  a18854473  a(OCoLC)ocn929917321  aYDXCPbengcYDXCP  aspa  alccopycat  an-us---14aJC 573.2 bM468d 201700a320.5209731 aMayer, Jane d1955-q(Jane Meredith), 10aDark money :bthe hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right /cJane Mayer.  aNew York :bDoubleday,c2017  axii, 449 p.:bchart ;c25 cm  aChart on lining papers.  aWhy 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  aA 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.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [381]-425) and index.0 aThe 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.  aWhy 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.10aKoch, David H., d1940-10aKoch, Charles G. q(Charles de Ganahl), d1935- 0aPolitical activistszUnited States. 4aActivistas políticoszEstados Unidos97222 4aLibertarianismo 95320 4aConservatismo92747 0aLibertarianismzUnited States. 0aConservatismzUnited States. 0aPolitical culturezUnited States. 0aRadicalismzUnited States. 0aCorporationsxPolitical activityzUnited States. 0aCorporate speechzUnited States. 4aConservatismozEstados Unidos.92831 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty2009- 0aEstados UnidosxPolítica y gobiernoy2009-9507  2lcccBK  001040708CSaBJBbBJBcCSd2021-02-23l0oJC 573.2 M468d 2017p00000128174r2021-02-23 00:00:00t1w2021-02-23yBK