Description Igual que en M xico, en Estados Unidos se compran elecciones.
sta es la historia de c mo los hombres m s poderosos del mundo lograron encumbrar a Donald Trump, a la mala.
En esta poderosa investigaci n, la galardonada periodista Jane Mayer documenta c mo los multimillonarios estadounidenses lucharon --y consiguieron-- adue arse del sistema electoral de la naci n m s influyente del mundo.
No conformes con disfrutar de uno de los tratos m s privilegiados en el planeta, los potentados secuestraron la democracia de aquel pa s para sus propios fines, con una sofisticaci n inaudita y altamente efectiva.
Este gran reportaje --y en este a o-- reviste especial relevancia para M xico, donde los empresarios y los pol ticos suelen imitar lo que hacen y perpetran sus hom logos de Estados Unidos.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NATIONAL BESTSELLERONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Who are the immensely wealthy right-wing ideologues shaping the fate of America today? From the bestselling author of The Dark Side, an electrifying work of investigative journalism that uncovers the agenda of this powerful group.
In her new preface, Jane Mayer discusses the results of the most recent election and Donald Trump's victory, and how, despite much discussion to the contrary, this was a huge victory for the billionaires who have been pouring money in the American political system.
Why is America living in an age of profound and widening economic inequality? Why have even modest attempts to address climate change been defeated again and again? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? In a riveting and indelible feat of reporting, Jane Mayer illuminates the history of an elite cadre of plutocrats--headed by the Kochs, the Scaifes, the Olins, and the Bradleys--who have bankrolled a systematic plan to fundamentally alter the American political system.
Mayer traces a byzantine trail of billions of dollars spent by the network, revealing a.
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