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Episode 21 Archive: Big Money, Big Power
Episode 21 Archive: Big Money, Big Power
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27 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2017
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Congress is on the verge of passing major tax reform that many say is tilted in favor of the wealthy. This week we’re looking back at an episode with Professor Rick Hasen to explore why the wealthy often enjoy such outsized benefits and power in American politics - and how changing the Supreme Court is the best way to fix that. For More on This Topic: Check out Hasen’s book, Plutocrats United Read his piece in The LA Times on Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Further Reading: Evidence that Legislators Grant Special Access to Donors, Joshua Kalla, University of California, Berkeley, David Broockman, Stanford University Why Campaign Finance Reforms That Weaken U.S. Parties Promote Extreme and Unresponsive Politics, Raymond J. La Raja, University of Massachusetts Amherst Episode 1: The Kochs, Americans For Prosperity, and the Right, Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
Released:
Nov 22, 2017
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Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 2: Jim Crow 2.0: Professor Erin O’Brien illuminates the absence of voter fraud in the United States and details how and why voter fraud legislation is passed across states. O’Brien is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Bosto by Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon