Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems

by Thomas Ferguson

Book Overview

"To discover who rules, follow the gold." This is the argument of Golden Rule, a provocative, pungent history of modern American politics. Although the role big money plays in defining political outcomes has long been obvious to ordinary Americans, most pundits and scholars have virtually dismissed this assumption. Even in light of skyrocketing campaign costs, the belief that major financial interests primarily determine who parties nominate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226243176
• ISBN13: 9780226243177
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"