So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government /
Robert G. Kaiser.
- New York : Vintage Books, 2010.
- x, 406 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2009. With new epilogue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A scandal for our time -- Looking down on the Capitol -- The art of self-invention -- A Washington that worked -- A new kind of business -- Corrupt or correct? -- Earmarks become routine -- A great awakening -- A marriage unravels -- "Would that be proper?" -- A money machine -- Disaster averted -- Tricks of the lobbying trade -- The new technology of politics -- Disorder in the House -- Becoming a conglomerate -- Influencing policy for profit -- Public service, private rewards -- Radical ends, radical means -- Cash cow on the Potomac -- Elections bought and sold -- Politics, then government -- Hard times -- A corroded culture.
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Lobbying--Corrupt practices--United States. Political corruption--United States. Cabildeo--Estados Unidos. Cabildeo--Prácticas Corruptas--Estados Unidos. Corrupción Política--Estados Unidos.