All Posts Tagged With: "political extortion"
High Plains Drifters: Politicians’ Lucrative Protection Racket
Fred McChesney teaches at Cornell Law School and is the author of Money for Nothing: Politicians, Rent Extraction and Political Extortion (Harvard University Press, 1997). “Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.” —P. J. O’Rourke The idea that politicians sell special favors to special interests [...]
1Jan1998 | Fred S. McChesney | 1 comment | Continued-
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