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Episode 72: Power in Politics
Episode 72: Power in Politics
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38 minutes
Released:
Feb 23, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
The outsized influence of money is a problem in U.S. politics. Sean McElwee and Professor Tabatha Abu El-Haj describe how donors skew policy and how getting more people to vote could counter big money in politics where repealing Citizens United cannot. For More on this Topic: Check out McElwee’s study, Whose Voice, Whose Choice? Read Professor Abu El-Haj’s two-page brief, The Inevitable Limits of Campaign Finance Reform, or her article, Beyond Campaign Finance Reform. Find the recommended articles by Professor Theda Skocpol in Vox and the New York Times. Further Reading: Making Sense of the Koch Network, Theda Skocpol, Harvard University Rising Economic Inequality and Campaign Contributions from Very Wealthy Americans, Adam Bonica, Stanford University, Howard Rosenthal, New York University
Released:
Feb 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 21: Big Money, Big Power: Professor Rick Hasen explores why a few wealthy Americans have most of the influence in U.S. politics - and how changing the Supreme Court is the best way to fix that. Hasen is a Professor of Law and Political Science at University of California, Irvine. by Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon