
Billionaires and Stealth Politics
Benjamin I. Page
In 2016, when millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump, many believed his claims that personal wealth would free him from wealthy donors and allow him to “drain the swamp.” But then Trump appointed several billionaires and multimillionaires to high-level positions and pursued billionaire-friendly policies, such as cutting corporate income taxes...
Publish Date
2018
December 3
Goodreads rating
3.57
ISBN
9780226586120
Recommendations
1
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Dec 01, 2018
Meanwhile, I've been reading a really interesting new political science book, which tells us that billionaires are, in general, very conservative and mostly back right-wing politicians and causes 3/ – source