Dark money
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right is a non-fiction book by investigative journalist Jane Mayer , published in 2016, about the rise and influence of a network of extremely wealthy conservatives around the brothers Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch on politics describes.
Jane Mayer, employed writer at The New Yorker , worked on the research for this work for five years, drawing on several hundred sources. These included business partners and political companions, but also competitors of Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch. The Koch brothers themselves, like many other members of the network, were not ready for an interview.
reception
In January 2016, the book was in the New York Times Book Review of Alan Ehrenhalt positively discussed . He pointed out that although the influence of plutocrats was historically known, the method of the network around the Koch brothers to achieve this via think tanks and the financing of university programs was a new development. The decision in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission by the Supreme Court of the United States are hardly any legal regulations in place to prevent this form of lobbying . Ehrenhalt considers Dark Money to be a comprehensive and well-documented report .
In January 2016, author Charles Kaiser also gave Dark Money a very positive review in the Guardian, calling it, among other things, indispensable reading. For Kaiser, the revelations about Fred C. Koch with regard to his collaboration with Stalin and the Third Reich and the upbringing of his children are surprising findings.
expenditure
- Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right . Doubleday, New York 2016, ISBN 978-0-3855-3559-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alan Ehrenhalt: 'Dark Money,' by Jane Mayer . New York Times Book Review, Jan. 24, 2016
- ^ Charles Kaiser: Dark Money review: Nazi oil, the Koch brothers and a rightwing revolution . theguardian.com, January 17, 2016, accessed December 2, 2016