Affluence and Influence : : Economic Inequality and Political Power in America / / Martin Gilens.
Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economica...
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