Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right [First Edition] 978-0-385-53559-5, 0385535597, 978-0-385-53560-1

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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right [First Edition]
 978-0-385-53559-5, 0385535597, 978-0-385-53560-1

Table of contents :
Content: 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.

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