“Just How Influential Are The Very Rich?”

In a review of Darrell West’s Billionaires, Michael Lewis wonders: [S]o far the evidence—and evidence here is really just a handful of anecdotes—suggests that rich people, when they seek to influence political outcomes, often are wasting their money. Michael Bloomberg was able to use his billions to make himself mayor of New York City (which […]

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