Episode
72
Power in Politics
February 22, 2017
The outsized influence of money in U.S. politics is a problem. 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.
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