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Thanks to a series of recent US Supreme Court decisions, corporations can now spend unlimited sums to influence elections, Super PACs and dark money groups are flourishing, and wealthy individuals and special interests increasingly dominate American politics. Despite the overwhelming support of Americans to fix this broken system, serious efforts at reform have languished. Campaign finance is a highly intricate and complex area of the law, and the current system favors the incumbent politicians who oversee it. This illuminating book takes these hard realities as a starting point and offers realistic solutions to reform campaign finance. With contributions from more than a dozen leading scholars of election law, it should be read by anyone interested in reclaiming the promise of American democracy.
Democracy is being destroyed by an ancient evil, and modernity is in denial. In the Tyranny of Greed, Timothy K. Kuhner reveals the United States to be a government by and for the wealthy, with Trump-the spirit of infinite greed-at its helm. Taking readers on a tour through evolutionary biology, psychology, and biblical sources, Kuhner explores how democracy emerged from religious and revolutionary awakenings. He argues that to overcome Trump's regime and establish real democracy, we must reconnect with that radical heritage. Our political tradition demands a revolution against corruption.
As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1
billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and
$1 million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns,
an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing
corporate political power have become the new normal in American
politics. In "Capitalism v. Democracy," Timothy Kuhner explains how
these conditions have corrupted American democracy, turning it into
a system of rule that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary
citizens. Kuhner maintains that these conditions have corrupted
capitalism as well, routing economic competition through political
channels and allowing politically powerful companies to evade
market forces. The Supreme Court has brought about both forms of
corruption by striking down campaign finance reforms that limited
the role of money in politics. Exposing the extreme economic
worldview that pollutes constitutional interpretation, Kuhner shows
how the Court became the architect of American plutocracy.
Thanks to a series of recent US Supreme Court decisions, corporations can now spend unlimited sums to influence elections, Super PACs and dark money groups are flourishing, and wealthy individuals and special interests increasingly dominate American politics. Despite the overwhelming support of Americans to fix this broken system, serious efforts at reform have languished. Campaign finance is a highly intricate and complex area of the law, and the current system favors the incumbent politicians who oversee it. This illuminating book takes these hard realities as a starting point and offers realistic solutions to reform campaign finance. With contributions from more than a dozen leading scholars of election law, it should be read by anyone interested in reclaiming the promise of American democracy.
As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1
billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and
$1 million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns,
an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing
corporate political power have become the new normal in American
politics. In "Capitalism v. Democracy," Timothy Kuhner explains how
these conditions have corrupted American democracy, turning it into
a system of rule that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary
citizens. Kuhner maintains that these conditions have corrupted
capitalism as well, routing economic competition through political
channels and allowing politically powerful companies to evade
market forces. The Supreme Court has brought about both forms of
corruption by striking down campaign finance reforms that limited
the role of money in politics. Exposing the extreme economic
worldview that pollutes constitutional interpretation, Kuhner shows
how the Court became the architect of American plutocracy.
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