WWUH Archives: Making Contact with George Lavender - Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics

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Original Aired:
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
12:30PM to 1:01PM

Duration:
31 minutes

Posted:
Thursday, February 6th, 2014 12:35PM

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Episode: Making Contact with George Lavender - Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics

From the Making Contact website:

"The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world.  In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns.  But there’s a growing consensus that big business and wealthy individuals are buying power.  Authors John Nichols and Robert McChesney have a name for the state we’re in: Dollarocracy.
Thanks to Pirate TV for use of their recording."

Featuring:

  • John Nichols, Washington, DC correspondent, Nation magazine
  • Robert W. McChesney Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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