Ebook: Captured: the corporate infiltration of American democracy

The Constitution's blind spot -- The growth of corporate power -- Where we are now -- What the corporate political machine wants: four short case studies -- The Powell memo and the corporate strategy -- Capture of the Court -- Capture of elections: Citizens United -- Capture of regulatory agencies -- Capture of the civil jury -- The denial machine -- Climate change and the "flies of summer" -- America's lamp in peril.;"In Captured, U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse offers an eye-opening take on what corporate influence looks like today from the Senate Floor, adding a first-hand perspective to Jane Mayer's Dark Money."--