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

by Nicholas Carnes

Book Overview

Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about it

Why 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 Americans from becoming politicians? The first book to answer these urgent questions, The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691182000
• ISBN13: 9780691182001
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"