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🏛️ Political Dysfunction

Systems that no longer function as designed—gridlocked legislatures, captured agencies, and the slow decay of governance into performance.
The Broken Branch
by Thomas E. Mann • 2006
Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.
3.76
290
🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction⚔️ Partisan Polarization📜 Legislative Process
The Broken Branch Summary
The Broken Branch 92%
Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.
by Thomas E. Mann 2006
3.76
290 ratings
🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction⚔️ Partisan Polarization📜 Legislative Process
It's Even Worse Than It Looks
by Thomas E. Mann • 2012
The debt ceiling as hostage, the filibuster as permanent veto: how one party broke democracy.
3.89
4k+
↔️ Political Polarization🛑 Congressional Gridlock💰 Money In Politics
It's Even Worse Than It Looks Summary
It's Even Worse Than It Looks 91%
The debt ceiling as hostage, the filibuster as permanent veto: how one party broke democracy.
by Thomas E. Mann 2012
3.89
4k+ ratings
↔️ Political Polarization🛑 Congressional Gridlock💰 Money In Politics
Republic, Lost
by Lawrence Lessig • 2011
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
4.18
3k+
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost 90%
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
by Lawrence Lessig 2011
4.18
3k+ ratings
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption
Broken Government
by John W. Dean • 2007
Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.
4.06
331
🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Executive Overreach🔒 Partisan Gridlock
Broken Government Summary
Broken Government 90%
Nixon's White House counsel reveals how Republicans broke Congress, the presidency, and the courts.
by John W. Dean 2007
4.06
331 ratings
🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Executive Overreach🔒 Partisan Gridlock
Relic
by William G. Howell • 2016
Built for a small farm nation, the Constitution cannot equip a superpower. One reform can.
3.41
101
📜 Constitutional Reform🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Congressional Dysfunction
Relic Summary
Relic 90%
Built for a small farm nation, the Constitution cannot equip a superpower. One reform can.
by William G. Howell 2016
3.41
101 ratings
📜 Constitutional Reform🏛️ Separation Of Powers⚠️ Congressional Dysfunction
Trumpocracy
by David Frum • 2018
American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.
3.88
4k+
🏛️ Democratic Backsliding🇺🇸 Trump Administration💰 Political Corruption
Trumpocracy Summary
Trumpocracy 90%
American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.
by David Frum 2018
3.88
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Democratic Backsliding🇺🇸 Trump Administration💰 Political Corruption
Politics by Other Means
by Professor of Political Science Benjamin Ginsberg • 1990
When elections can't resolve political conflict, investigations, prosecutions, and press warfare do.
3.29
38
🏛️ Political Institutions⚖️ Divided Government📜 American Political Development
Politics by Other Means Summary
Politics by Other Means 90%
When elections can't resolve political conflict, investigations, prosecutions, and press warfare do.
by Professor of Political Science Benjamin Ginsberg 1990
3.29
38 ratings
🏛️ Political Institutions⚖️ Divided Government📜 American Political Development
Kill Switch
by Adam Jentleson • 2021
The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.
4.24
3k+
🏛️ Congressional Gridlock⏳ Filibuster History⚖️ Minority Rule
Kill Switch Summary
Kill Switch 90%
The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.
by Adam Jentleson 2021
4.24
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Congressional Gridlock⏳ Filibuster History⚖️ Minority Rule
Does American Democracy Still Work?
by Alan Wolfe • 2006
American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.
3.57
21
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Democratic Theory⚡ Political Polarization
Does American Democracy Still Work? Summary
Does American Democracy Still Work? 90%
American democracy has morphed into a form that is democratic on paper but illiberal in practice.
by Alan Wolfe 2006
3.57
21 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Democratic Theory⚡ Political Polarization
The Red and the Blue
by Steve Kornacki • 2018
The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.
4.20
3k+
🏛️ Political Polarization🗳️ Electoral History⏳ Clinton Era
The Red and the Blue Summary
The Red and the Blue 90%
The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.
by Steve Kornacki 2018
4.20
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Polarization🗳️ Electoral History⏳ Clinton Era
The Thinkers
by E.J. Fagan • 2024
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
3.80
15
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization
The Thinkers Summary
The Thinkers 89%
American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.
by E.J. Fagan 2024
3.80
15 ratings
🧠 Think Tanks🇺🇸 American Politics↔️ Political Polarization
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies
by Benjamin M. Studebaker • 2024
Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.
4.60
15
🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy🗳️ Liberal Democracy📖 Critical Theory
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies Summary
Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies 89%
Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.
by Benjamin M. Studebaker 2024
4.60
15 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy🗳️ Liberal Democracy📖 Critical Theory
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy
by William G. Howell • 2020
The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.
3.87
82
🇺🇸 American Politics📢 Populism📜 Constitutional Reform
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy Summary
Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy 89%
The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.
by William G. Howell 2020
3.87
82 ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics📢 Populism📜 Constitutional Reform
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop
by Lee Drutman • 2020
The two-party system is a democratic death trap. The only way out is to add more parties.
4.15
450
🦅 American Party Systems🗳️ Electoral Reform📊 Proportional Representation
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop Summary
Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop 89%
The two-party system is a democratic death trap. The only way out is to add more parties.
by Lee Drutman 2020
4.15
450 ratings
🦅 American Party Systems🗳️ Electoral Reform📊 Proportional Representation
Abundance
by Ezra Klein • 2025
Polarization is a symptom. The disease is a system that rewards sabotage and punishes compromise.
3.89
53k+
🧩 Systemic Dysfunction🧲 Political Polarization🏷️ Identity Politics
Abundance Summary
Abundance 89%
Polarization is a symptom. The disease is a system that rewards sabotage and punishes compromise.
by Ezra Klein 2025
3.89
53k+ ratings
🧩 Systemic Dysfunction🧲 Political Polarization🏷️ Identity Politics
No Democracy Lasts Forever
by Erwin Chemerinsky • 2024
The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.
3.93
337
🏛️ Constitutional Law🇺🇸 American Politics📉 Democratic Decline
No Democracy Lasts Forever Summary
No Democracy Lasts Forever 89%
The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.
by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024
3.93
337 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional Law🇺🇸 American Politics📉 Democratic Decline
Unstable Majorities
by Morris P. Fiorina • 2017
Not a deeply polarized public. Sorted parties overreach, and the movable middle flips Congress.
4.07
74
🔄 Ideological Sorting🏛️ Elite Polarization🗳️ Independent Voters
Unstable Majorities Summary
Unstable Majorities 89%
Not a deeply polarized public. Sorted parties overreach, and the movable middle flips Congress.
by Morris P. Fiorina 2017
4.07
74 ratings
🔄 Ideological Sorting🏛️ Elite Polarization🗳️ Independent Voters
How Democratic Is the American Constitution?
by Robert A. Dahl • 2001
No other advanced democracy ever copied our Constitution. What they all saw that we do not.
3.69
760
📜 Constitutional Criticism🗳️ Electoral Reform🌍 Comparative Politics
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? Summary
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? 89%
No other advanced democracy ever copied our Constitution. What they all saw that we do not.
by Robert A. Dahl 2001
3.69
760 ratings
📜 Constitutional Criticism🗳️ Electoral Reform🌍 Comparative Politics
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
by John Lithgow • 2020
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
4.21
2k+
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown Summary
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown 89%
A bulbous king demands a crown: satirical poems that rhyme the Trump years into infamy.
by John Lithgow 2020
4.21
2k+ ratings
🖋️ Political Poetry🎭 Satirical Verse🐘 Trump Presidency
A More Perfect Constitution
by Larry J. Sabato • 2007
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
3.66
335
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
A More Perfect Constitution Summary
A More Perfect Constitution 89%
Twenty-three fixes for a rusty Constitution: bigger Congress, term limits, a state convention.
by Larry J. Sabato 2007
3.66
335 ratings
🏛️ Constitutional Reform🗳️ Electoral Reform⚖️ Judicial Reform
The Last American President
by Thom Hartmann • 2025
Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.
4.48
321
🏛️ Political Corruption👑 Authoritarianism💸 Plutocracy
The Last American President Summary
The Last American President 89%
Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.
by Thom Hartmann 2025
4.48
321 ratings
🏛️ Political Corruption👑 Authoritarianism💸 Plutocracy
Fear
by Bob Woodward • 2018
Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.
3.87
66k+
🏛️ Trump Presidency🔥 White House Chaos⚔️ Staff Power Struggles
Fear Summary
Fear 89%
Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.
by Bob Woodward 2018
3.87
66k+ ratings
🏛️ Trump Presidency🔥 White House Chaos⚔️ Staff Power Struggles
American Amnesia
by Jacob S. Hacker • 2016
America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.
4.14
674
🏛️ Political Economy🇺🇸 American Politics📉 Market Failures
American Amnesia Summary
American Amnesia 89%
America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.
by Jacob S. Hacker 2016
4.14
674 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🇺🇸 American Politics📉 Market Failures
The Destructionists
by Dana Milbank • 2022
Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.
4.21
1k+
🐘 Republican Party🏛️ American Conservatism🔀 Political Polarization
The Destructionists Summary
The Destructionists 89%
Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.
by Dana Milbank 2022
4.21
1k+ ratings
🐘 Republican Party🏛️ American Conservatism🔀 Political Polarization
Laboratories of Autocracy
by David Pepper • 2021
How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.
4.48
338
🏛️ Democratic Erosion🗺️ Gerrymandering🗳️ Voter Suppression
Laboratories of Autocracy Summary
Laboratories of Autocracy 89%
How statehouses became the most dangerous threat to American democracy, and why nobody noticed.
by David Pepper 2021
4.48
338 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Erosion🗺️ Gerrymandering🗳️ Voter Suppression
Fire and Fury
by Michael Wolff • 2018
Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.
3.44
77k+
🏛️ White House Insider🇺🇸 Trump Presidency⚔️ Political Infighting
Fire and Fury Summary
Fire and Fury 89%
Bannon versus the family. Cable news versus the briefings. The West Wing as it actually ran.
by Michael Wolff 2018
3.44
77k+ ratings
🏛️ White House Insider🇺🇸 Trump Presidency⚔️ Political Infighting
Tetralogue
by Timothy Williamson • 2014
A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.
3.32
481
🏛️ Political Philosophy🎭 Philosophical Dialogue🗽 Libertarian Critique
Tetralogue Summary
Tetralogue 89%
A turnaround expert sees Rome's fate repeating in America and drafts a radical constitutional cure.
by Timothy Williamson 2014
3.32
481 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🎭 Philosophical Dialogue🗽 Libertarian Critique
Fault Lines in the Constitution
by Cynthia Levinson • 2017
Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.
4.00
614
⚖️ Constitutional Law🗳️ Voting Rights📊 Unequal Representation
Fault Lines in the Constitution Summary
Fault Lines in the Constitution 89%
Four times the Senate clout for small-state voters: the 1787 compromise still in charge.
by Cynthia Levinson 2017
4.00
614 ratings
⚖️ Constitutional Law🗳️ Voting Rights📊 Unequal Representation
Four Threats
by Suzanne Mettler • 2020
The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.
4.03
221
🏛️ American Politics⚡ Political Polarization🏢 Executive Power
Four Threats Summary
Four Threats 89%
The four forces that repeatedly broke American democracy are peaking together for the first time.
by Suzanne Mettler 2020
4.03
221 ratings
🏛️ American Politics⚡ Political Polarization🏢 Executive Power
Butler
by Salena Zito • 2025
One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.
4.32
1k+
🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🗣️ American Populism🔫 Political Violence
Butler Summary
Butler 89%
One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.
by Salena Zito 2025
4.32
1k+ ratings
🗳️ Presidential Campaigns🗣️ American Populism🔫 Political Violence
Politics On the Edge
by Rory Stewart • 2023
Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.
4.30
18k+
🇬🇧 British Politics😞 Political Disillusion🏛️ Westminster Insider
Politics On the Edge Summary
Politics On the Edge 89%
Ten prisons, a promise to fix them or resign, and a system that punishes real accountability.
by Rory Stewart 2023
4.30
18k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Politics😞 Political Disillusion🏛️ Westminster Insider
Democracy Rules
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2021
Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.
3.46
168
🏛️ Democratic Theory📜 Political Philosophy🗳️ Populism Critique
Democracy Rules Summary
Democracy Rules 89%
Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.
by Jan-Werner Müller 2021
3.46
168 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Theory📜 Political Philosophy🗳️ Populism Critique
Public Citizens
by Paul Sabin • 2024
How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.
3.82
199
⚖️ Public Interest Law📜 Regulatory Reform🌿 Environmental Activism
Public Citizens Summary
Public Citizens 89%
How liberal crusaders against big government paved the road for Reagan’s anti-government revolution.
by Paul Sabin 2024
3.82
199 ratings
⚖️ Public Interest Law📜 Regulatory Reform🌿 Environmental Activism
In Mistrust We Trust
by Ivan Krastev • 2013
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
3.96
73
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
In Mistrust We Trust Summary
In Mistrust We Trust 89%
More rights, more information, less collective power: the paradox at the heart of modern democracy.
by Ivan Krastev 2013
3.96
73 ratings
🏛️ Post-Democracy🎓 Meritocracy Critique📱 Digital Activism
Demosclerosis
by Jonathan Rauch • 1994
Small groups outmaneuver large publics. The cost: a government that gets busier while doing less.
4.10
29
🏛️ Public Choice Theory📉 Political Economy💰 Rent-Seeking
Demosclerosis Summary
Demosclerosis 88%
Small groups outmaneuver large publics. The cost: a government that gets busier while doing less.
by Jonathan Rauch 1994
4.10
29 ratings
🏛️ Public Choice Theory📉 Political Economy💰 Rent-Seeking
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
by John DiIulio • 2014
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
3.22
32
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
Bring Back the Bureaucrats Summary
Bring Back the Bureaucrats 88%
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
by John DiIulio 2014
3.22
32 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
The End of Power
by Moisés Naím • 2013
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
3.63
4k+
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power 88%
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
by Moisés Naím 2013
3.63
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
Keeping the Republic
by Mitch Daniels • 2011
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
4.02
252
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Keeping the Republic Summary
Keeping the Republic 88%
A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.
by Mitch Daniels 2011
4.02
252 ratings
💰 Fiscal Conservatism🏛️ Limited Government📉 Fiscal Policy
Government Gangsters
by Kash Patel • 2023
Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.
4.46
2k+
🏛️ Institutional Corruption👁️ Surveillance State⚖️ Politicized Justice
Government Gangsters Summary
Government Gangsters 88%
Federal law enforcement has been captured by unelected officials wielding it as a political weapon.
by Kash Patel 2023
4.46
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Institutional Corruption👁️ Surveillance State⚖️ Politicized Justice
Renegade
by Adam Kinzinger • 2023
One Republican congressman's inside story: his party fell to a demagogue, and he chose to speak.
4.15
2k+
🗽 American Democracy⚡ Political Polarization📉 Democratic Backsliding
Renegade Summary
Renegade 88%
One Republican congressman's inside story: his party fell to a demagogue, and he chose to speak.
by Adam Kinzinger 2023
4.15
2k+ ratings
🗽 American Democracy⚡ Political Polarization📉 Democratic Backsliding
The Truce
by Hunter Walker • 2024
Democrats won in 2020 but never settled their internal war. The reckoning still waits.
3.91
114
🏛️ Democratic Party🗳️ Electoral Politics⚔️ Party Infighting
The Truce Summary
The Truce 88%
Democrats won in 2020 but never settled their internal war. The reckoning still waits.
by Hunter Walker 2024
3.91
114 ratings
🏛️ Democratic Party🗳️ Electoral Politics⚔️ Party Infighting
The Divided States of America
by Donald F. Kettl • 2020
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
3.48
64
🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization
The Divided States of America Summary
The Divided States of America 88%
Federalism was meant to unite America. Now it divides, from your healthcare to your tap water.
by Donald F. Kettl 2020
3.48
64 ratings
🏛️ American Federalism⚖️ Structural Inequality🗳️ Political Polarization
The Politics Industry
by Katherine M. Gehl • 2020
Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.
4.30
706
🗳️ Electoral Reform🏛️ Political Duopoly📊 Ranked Choice Voting
The Politics Industry Summary
The Politics Industry 88%
Two parties rigged the political market. One election redesign can open it.
by Katherine M. Gehl 2020
4.30
706 ratings
🗳️ Electoral Reform🏛️ Political Duopoly📊 Ranked Choice Voting
On Leadership
by Tony Blair • 2024
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
3.86
808
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform
On Leadership Summary
On Leadership 88%
A prime minister's playbook: plan, focus, deliver, and why efficacy beats populism.
by Tony Blair 2024
3.86
808 ratings
🏛️ Political Leadership🎯 Political Strategy🔄 Government Reform
The Project
by David A. Graham • 2025
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
4.02
2k+
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism
The Project Summary
The Project 88%
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
by David A. Graham 2025
4.02
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism
The Audacity of Hope
by Barack Obama • 2006
Two parties have turned Americans into enemies. One senator's argument that most of us are not.
3.84
170k+
🇺🇸 American Politics📖 Political Memoir⚡ Political Polarization
The Audacity of Hope Summary
The Audacity of Hope 88%
Two parties have turned Americans into enemies. One senator's argument that most of us are not.
by Barack Obama 2006
3.84
170k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Politics📖 Political Memoir⚡ Political Polarization
Tyranny of the Minority
by Steven Levitsky • 2023
The party fewer voters chose governs, and the rulebook was written to let them.
4.39
4k+
🗳️ Electoral Reform📉 Democratic Backsliding🚫 Voter Suppression
Tyranny of the Minority Summary
Tyranny of the Minority 88%
The party fewer voters chose governs, and the rulebook was written to let them.
by Steven Levitsky 2023
4.39
4k+ ratings
🗳️ Electoral Reform📉 Democratic Backsliding🚫 Voter Suppression
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri • 2014
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
4.19
2k+
📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority 88%
The digital revolution gave the public the power to destroy institutions but not to replace them.
by Martin Gurri 2014
4.19
2k+ ratings
📱 Digital Media Politics🏛️ Crisis Of Authority✊ Populist Revolt
Nation on the Take
by Wendell Potter • 2016
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
3.97
126
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption
Nation on the Take Summary
Nation on the Take 88%
Six billion dollars bought the 2012 election. This is what the donors got for their money.
by Wendell Potter 2016
3.97
126 ratings
💰 Money In Politics🏛️ Corporate Lobbying🗳️ Political Corruption
Democracy in America?
by Benjamin I. Page • 2017
What most Americans want passes one time in three. The explanation isn't gridlock. It's wealth.
3.78
54
🤑 Money In Politics⚖️ Political Inequality📉 Democratic Decline
Democracy in America? Summary
Democracy in America? 88%
What most Americans want passes one time in three. The explanation isn't gridlock. It's wealth.
by Benjamin I. Page 2017
3.78
54 ratings
🤑 Money In Politics⚖️ Political Inequality📉 Democratic Decline
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