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So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government /
Author Kaiser, Robert G., 1943-
Call Number 328.73028 KAI
Publisher New York : Knopf,
Subject Cassidy, Gerald S. J.
United States. Congress -- Ethics.
Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Political corruption -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government.
Title Statement So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government / Robert G. Kaiser.
Additional Title Triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government
Edition 1st ed.
Description x, 398 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- "Would that be proper?" -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the house -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Politics, then government -- Hard times -- A corroded culture.
Notes "A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Summary The story of the monumental growth of lobbying in Washington, D.C., and how it undermines effective government and pollutes our politics.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-377) and index.
ISBN 9780307266545 :
0307266540 :
LCCN 2008033862
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