Episode 72: Power in Politics
Scholars Strategy Network's No Jargon · Dominik Doemer
February 23, 201738m 14s
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Show Notes
The outsized influence of money is a problem in U.S. politics. Sean McElwee and Professor Tabatha Abu El-Haj describe how donors skew policy and how getting more people to vote could counter big money in politics where repealing Citizens United cannot.
For More on this Topic:
- Check out McElwee's study, Whose Voice, Whose Choice?
- Read Professor Abu El-Haj's two-page brief, The Inevitable Limits of Campaign Finance Reform, or her article, Beyond Campaign Finance Reform.
- Find the recommended articles by Professor Theda Skocpol in Vox and the New York Times.
Further Reading:
- Making Sense of the Koch Network, Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
- Rising Economic Inequality and Campaign Contributions from Very Wealthy Americans, Adam Bonica, Stanford University, Howard Rosenthal, New York University