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Robert Kaiser: So Damn Much Money

January 28, 2009

Robert Kaiser senior correspondent, The Washington Post

Robert Kaiser, senior correspondent for The Washington Post, exposes the impact of lobbyists and their money on American government. Kaiser's book, So Damn Much Money, argues that lobbying has altered everything about the way Washington works today, from the cost of political campaigns to the way legislation is written. How has lobbying changed in recent decades? How does the growing power of the lobbyists affect ordinary citizens?

Series:

American Experience: The Crash of 1929 Series

Topics: Business & Economics | Politics & Public Affairs

Tags: Banking & Finance | campaign finance | corruption | influence | lobbists | political gain | political power | Commercial | Corporate Ethics | Economics | North American

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So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government

Author: Robert G. Kaiser

Publisher: Knopf (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 416 pages

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