The wolves of K Street : the secret history of how big money took over big government
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Author
Contributors
Mullins, Luke, author.
Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
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x, 612 pages ; 24 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Downtown Lansing - 1st Floor-New Items | 324.40973 Mullins | Checked Out | June 29, 2024 |
Haslett - New Books | 324.40973 Mullins | Checked Out | June 26, 2024 |
Okemos - New Books | 324.40973 Mullins | Checked Out | June 25, 2024 |
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Published
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
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Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (pages 515-590) and index.
Description
"In the 1970s, Washington’s center of power began to shift away from elected officials in big marble buildings to a handful of savvy, handsomely paid operators who didn’t answer to any fixed constituency. The cigar-chomping son of an influential congressman, an illustrious political fixer with a weakness for modern art, a Watergate-era dirty trickster, the city’s favorite cocktail party host—these were the sort of men who now ran Washington. Over four decades, they’d chart new ways to turn their clients’ cash into political leverage, abandoning favor-trading in smoke-filled rooms for increasingly sophisticated tactics, such as 'shadow lobbying,' where underground campaigns sparked seemingly organic public outcries to pressure lawmakers into taking actions that would ultimately benefit corporate interests rather than ordinary citizens. With billions of dollars at play, these lobbying dynasties enshrined in Washington a pro-business consensus that would guide the country’s political leaders—Democrats and Republicans alike. A good lobbyist could ghostwrite a bill or even secretly kill a piece of legislation supported by the president, both houses of Congress, and a majority of Americans. Yet nothing lasts forever. Amid a populist backlash to the soaring inequality these influence peddlers helped usher in, DC’s pro-business alliance suddenly began to fray. And while the lobbying establishment would continue to invent new ways to influence Washington, the men who’d built K Street would soon find themselves under legal scrutiny, on the verge of financial collapse, or worse. One would turn up dead behind the eighteenth green of an exclusive golf club, with a $1,500 bottle of wine at his feet and a bullet his head." --publisher's website
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mullins, B., & Mullins, L. (2024). The wolves of K Street: the secret history of how big money took over big government (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mullins, Brody and Luke, Mullins. 2024. The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mullins, Brody and Luke, Mullins. The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government Simon & Schuster, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mullins, Brody,, and Luke Mullins. The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2024.
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