Title: Captured : the corporate infiltration of American democracy /
Authors: Whitehouse, Sheldon, 1955-; Stinnett, Melanie Wachtell,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Business and politics United States; Corporations Political activity United States; Democracy United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections.; Business and politics; Corporations Political activity; Democracy; United States
Abstract: "In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money."--
Contents: The Constitution's blind spot -- The growth of corporate power -- Where we are now -- What the corporate political machine wants: four short case studies -- The Powell memo and the corporate strategy -- Capture of the Court -- Capture of elections: Citizens United -- Capture of regulatory agencies -- Capture of the civil jury -- The denial machine -- Climate change and the "flies of summer" -- America's lamp in peril.