References
Chapter 1. The Politics of Parts & Good Government
Tocqueville Democracy in America, Chapter 8
Stiglitz “a gift of some $50 billion to…pharmaceutical companies.”
Chapter 2. Politics & Taxes Aren't All About You
Adam Smith badge of liberty quote
Gregory Minkiw op-ed
Chapter 3. Free Market Free Riders
Forbes website "Financial Execs Confess: Sure, We Lie and Cheat.”
Chapter 4. Good Rich versus Bad Rich
Wall Street Journal carried interest loophole coverage
Chapter 5. What the Wealthy Use Welfare For
40% of households on food stamps earn wages
Walmart workers on Medicaid and Food Stamps
Chapter 6. Corporate Maker-Takers
Large corporations paying no federal taxes
Congressional Research Service $160 billion tax expenditures on coroprations
Chapter 7. Competition's Creed
Richard Dawkins The Greatest Show On Earth
Pharmaceutical Company Marketing Spending
Size of US pharmaceutical market $260 billion
Robert Frank Darwin's Economy
Chapter 8. Corporations Just Can't Help Themselves
Ross Perot "giant sucking sounds"
William Deresiewicz New York Times op-ed Corporations as psychopaths
Hannah Arendt "the banality of evil”
Chapter 9. Truths About Lying In Politics
Jack Shafer “Looking for Truth in All the Wrong Places”
Jack Shafer “Why We Vote for Liars”
Source Confusion Error
Confirmation Bias
Chapter 10. Government of the Blind Leading the Blind
Ezra Klein, New York Review of Books, on Democrats using GOP policy ideas
Conclusion: Good Government and the Logic of INTER-dependence
Anthropologist Chris Boehm, the largest survey of known hunter-gatherer cultures
William Berkeley quote colony of Virginia in the mid-1600s
Tocqueville Democracy in America, Chapter 8
Stiglitz “a gift of some $50 billion to…pharmaceutical companies.”
Chapter 2. Politics & Taxes Aren't All About You
Adam Smith badge of liberty quote
Gregory Minkiw op-ed
Chapter 3. Free Market Free Riders
Forbes website "Financial Execs Confess: Sure, We Lie and Cheat.”
Chapter 4. Good Rich versus Bad Rich
Wall Street Journal carried interest loophole coverage
Chapter 5. What the Wealthy Use Welfare For
40% of households on food stamps earn wages
Walmart workers on Medicaid and Food Stamps
Chapter 6. Corporate Maker-Takers
Large corporations paying no federal taxes
Congressional Research Service $160 billion tax expenditures on coroprations
Chapter 7. Competition's Creed
Richard Dawkins The Greatest Show On Earth
Pharmaceutical Company Marketing Spending
Size of US pharmaceutical market $260 billion
Robert Frank Darwin's Economy
Chapter 8. Corporations Just Can't Help Themselves
Ross Perot "giant sucking sounds"
William Deresiewicz New York Times op-ed Corporations as psychopaths
Hannah Arendt "the banality of evil”
Chapter 9. Truths About Lying In Politics
Jack Shafer “Looking for Truth in All the Wrong Places”
Jack Shafer “Why We Vote for Liars”
Source Confusion Error
Confirmation Bias
Chapter 10. Government of the Blind Leading the Blind
Ezra Klein, New York Review of Books, on Democrats using GOP policy ideas
Conclusion: Good Government and the Logic of INTER-dependence
Anthropologist Chris Boehm, the largest survey of known hunter-gatherer cultures
William Berkeley quote colony of Virginia in the mid-1600s