Dark Money by Jane Mayer
NATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark Side, an electrifying work of investigative journalism that uncovers the agenda of this powerful group. In her new preface, Jane Mayer discusses the results of the most recent election and Donald Trump's victory, and how, despite much discussion to the contrary, this was a huge victory for the billionaires who have been pouring money in the American political system. Why is America living in an age of profound and widening economic inequality? Why have even modest attempts to address climate change been defeated again and again? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? In a riveting and indelible feat of reporting, Jane Mayer illuminates the history of an elite cadre of plutocrats--headed by the Kochs, the Scaifes, the Olins, and the Bradleys--who have bankrolled a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. Mayer traces a byzantine trail of billions of dollars spent by the network, revealing a staggering conglomeration of think tanks, academic institutions, media groups, courthouses, and government allies that have fallen under their sphere of influence. Drawing from hundreds of exclusive interviews, as well as extensive scrutiny of public records, private papers, and court proceedings, Mayer provides vivid portraits of the secretive figures behind the new American oligarchy and a searing look at the carefully concealed agendas steering the nation. Dark Money is an essential book for anyone who cares about the future of American democracy. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
LA Times Book Prize Finalist
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Finalist
Shortlisted for the Lukas Prize
Jane Mayer is the author of three bestselling and highly acclaimed narrative nonfiction books and a staff writer for The New Yorker. Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984-1988, was co-authored with Doyle McManus, and Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, co-authored with Jill Abramson, was a National Book Award finalist. Her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals, for which she received a Guggenheim Fellowship, was named one of The New York Times' Top 10 Books of the Year and won the J. Walter Thompson Prize. The Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the Goldsmith Book Prize, the Edward Weintal Prize, the Ridenhour Prize, the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism from the New York Public Library, and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Excellence in Journalism The Kennedy Book Prize is given to the best book published in the United States
It was also a National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Mayer has won the John Chancellor Award, the George Polk Award, the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, and the I.F. Stone Award for her work at The New Yorker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780735210332 |
| ISBN 10 | 0735210330 |
| Title | Dark Money |
| Author | Jane Mayer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall Press |
| Year published | 2016-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 784 |
| Prizes | Winner of Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism 2017, Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016 |
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