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Christopher Leonard: Live at Politics and Prose

Christopher Leonard: Live at Politics and Prose

FromLive at Politics and Prose


Christopher Leonard: Live at Politics and Prose

FromLive at Politics and Prose

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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, Leonard’s monumental work of investigative reporting charts the five-decade rise of Koch Industries. One of the largest privately held multinationals in the country, and one of the most secretive, Koch owns companies in businesses ranging from energy to chemicals to banking; its CEO, Charles Koch, and his brother, David, are together wealthier than Bill Gates. As Leonard shows, the brothers have consolidated power by practicing a single-minded attention to the bottom line—which has also meant quashing unions, widening income inequality, thwarting action on climate change, and making capitalism a deeply alienating force for many Americans.
https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781476775388
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Released:
Sep 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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Readings and discussions featuring today's best authors, recorded live at Washington DC's famous Politics & Prose bookstore and presented by Slate.com.