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050 0 0 _aJK1118
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100 1 _aKaiser, Robert G.,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aSo damn much money :
_bthe triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government /
_cRobert G. Kaiser.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2009.
300 _ax, 398 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
600 1 0 _aCassidy, Gerald S. J.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress
_xEthics.
650 0 _aLobbying
_xCorrupt practices
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
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