The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It

Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about itWhy are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the public but control all three branches of the federal government. How did this happen? What stops lower-income and working-class Ameri

• | Author: Nicholas Carnes
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2020
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780691203737
• | ISBN-10: 0691203733