A republic no more : big government and the rise of American political corruption / Jay Cost

Author:: Cost, Jay
Published:: New York : Encounter Books, 2015.
Edition:: First American edition.
Physical Description:: xiii, 393 pages ; 24 cm

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The great desideratum : Madison, Hamilton, and the First Bank of the United States -- The spirit of the nation forbids it : nationalism and corruption from Jefferson to Jackson -- The general scramble for plunder : patronage in Jacksonian America -- Permanent and terrible mischief : machine politics in the Gilded Age -- The king of frauds : business and politics in the Gilded Age -- To dissolve the unholy alliance : the progressive response to corruption -- A grand political racket : corruption in the new deal -- Clear it with sidney : modern liberalism and the interest group society -- A grab bag of subsidies : the politics of American agriculture -- The parochial imperative : the politics of the pork barrel -- A big, dumb price fixer : medicare and the politics of entitlements -- A robbery of the great majority : the politics of corporate taxation -- The pretorian band : Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the politics of regulatory capture.

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9781594037276 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1594037272 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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