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_bK13d 2010
100 1 _aKaiser, Robert G.,
_d1943-
245 1 0 _aSo damn much money :
_bthe triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government /
_cRobert G. Kaiser.
260 _aNew York :
_bVintage Books,
_c2010.
300 _ax, 406 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Knopf, 2009. With new epilogue.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aA 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.
650 0 _aLobbying
_xCorrupt practices
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aCabildeo
_zEstados Unidos.
650 4 _aCabildeo
_xPrácticas Corruptas
_zEstados Unidos.
650 4 _aCorrupción Política
_zEstados Unidos.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government.
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