So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government / Robert G. Kaiser.
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 398 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780307266545; 0307266540Subject(s): Cassidy, Gerald S. J | United States. Congress -- Ethics | Lobbying -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Political corruption -- United States | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 328.73/078 LOC classification: JK1118 | .K35 2009| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 328.73 KAIS (Browse shelf) | Available | 6438 |
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| 328.73 Burn Congress and the American tradition | 328.73 CLIN What happened / | 328.73 CLIN Something lost, something gained : reflections on life, love, and liberty / | 328.73 KAIS So damn much money : | 328.730 SNOW Fighting for common ground : | 328.8 KRAK Missoula : | 330 Levi Freakonomics |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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