Mayer, Jane.
Summary: An investigation into the growing radical right reveals a network of wealthy people with extreme Libertarian views, led by the Koch brothers, that has been systematically influencing and controlling academic institutions, the courts, and the United States government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: "Big Money is a rollicking tour of a new political world dramatically reordered by ever-larger flows of cash. Ken Vogel has breezed into secret gatherings of big-spending Republicans and Democrats alike -- from California poolsides to DC hotel bars -- to brilliantly expose the way the mega-money men (and rather fewer women) are dominating the new political landscape. Great wealth seems to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 324.7 VOGTaibbi, Matt.
Summary: "Matt Taibbi's genius is in untangling complex stories and making us care about them by providing striking moral clarity and a genuine sense of outrage. He has become among the most read journalists in America, leading the dialogue with epic Rolling Stone pieces that offer an "almost startling reminder of the power of good writing" (Washington Post). In this new work, he once again takes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.372 TAISummary: Examines economics professor and Clinton Administration cabinet member Robert Reich's crusade to expose the problem of income inequality in the United States.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC INEMartin, Isaac William.
Contents: Introduction: the riddle of rich people's movements -- The revolution of 1913 -- Populism against the income tax -- The Sixteenth Amendment repealers -- The most sinister lobby -- The power of women -- The radical rich -- Strange bedfellows -- The temporary triumph of estate tax repeal -- Conclusion: the century of rich people's movements.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 336.24 MARStewart, Matthew
Summary: "A trenchant analysis of how the wealthiest 9.9 percent of Americans -- those just below the tip of the wealth pyramid -- have exacerbated the growing inequality in our country and distorted our social values"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 STECallahan, David
Summary: "An inside look at the secretive world of elite philanthropists--and how they're quietly wielding ever more power to shape American life in ways both good and bad. While media attention focuses on famous philanthropists such as Bill Gates and Charles Koch, thousands of donors are at work below the radar promoting a wide range of causes. David Callahan charts the rise of these new power players...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 361 CALMechanic, Michael
Summary: "A senior editor at Mother Jones dives into the lives of the extremely rich, showing the fascinating, otherworldly realm they inhabit-and the insidious ways this realm harms us all"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MECNeiman, Garrett
Summary: "It's no secret that our country has a serious problem when it comes to wealth inequality - and systemic racism and patriarchy have only exacerbated the advantages of wealthy white men. Over the past three decades, America's richest white men have only become richer, while those suffering in poverty have only gotten poorer. The divide may seem too great to bridge, but Rich White Men exposes the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit, Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 NEID'Agostino, Ryan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 DAGTaylor, Jim
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Management Association 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.024 TAYCollins, Chuck
Summary: As inequality grabs headlines, steals the show in presidential debates, and drives deep divides between the haves and have nots in America, class war brews. On one side, the wealthy wield power and advantage, wittingly or not, to keep the system operating in their favor all while retreating into enclaves that separate them further and further from the poor and working class. On the other side,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 303.48 COLFridson, Martin S.
Summary: Learn the key money-making strategies of the super-wealthy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2002