A republic no more
Subtitle: big government and the rise of American political corruption
By: Jay Cost
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9781594037276; 9781594037283
Subjects: Political corruption; Politics and government; Pressure groups; Republicanism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The great desideratum : Madison, Hamilton, and the First Bank of the United States --; title: The spirit of the nation forbids it : nationalism and corruption from Jefferson to Jackson --; title: The general scramble for plunder : patronage in Jacksonian America --; title: Permanent and terrible mischief : machine politics in the Gilded Age --; title: The king of frauds : business and politics in the Gilded Age --; title: To dissolve the unholy alliance : the progressive response to corruption --; title: A grand political racket : corruption in the new deal --; title: Clear it with Sidney : modern liberalism and the interest group society --; title: A grab bag of subsidies : the politics of American agriculture --; title: The parochial imperative : the politics of the pork barrel --; title: A big, dumb price fixer : medicare and the politics of entitlements --; title: A robbery of the great majority : the politics of corporate taxation --; title: The pretorian band : Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the politics of regulatory capture.