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The anti-oligarchy constitution : reconstructing the economic foundations of American democracy / Joseph Fishkin, William E. Forbath.

By: Contributor(s): Language: eng Publication details: Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.Description: 632 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780674980624
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC 419 F537a 2022
Summary: Oligarchy is a threat to the republic. Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show that, for most of US history, Americans saw the Constitution as responding to that threat by imposing on legislators a duty to break up oligarchy, block corporate political power, and ensure a broad distribution of wealth and political power among ordinary Americans.
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Oligarchy is a threat to the republic. Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show that, for most of US history, Americans saw the Constitution as responding to that threat by imposing on legislators a duty to break up oligarchy, block corporate political power, and ensure a broad distribution of wealth and political power among ordinary Americans.

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