02790nam 22005894a 450 991078306080332120230607214757.00-8147-6918-70-8147-7677-9(CKB)1000000000005310(EBL)865896(OCoLC)779828288(SSID)ssj0000282051(PQKBManifestationID)11232243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282051(PQKBWorkID)10316436(PQKB)11061064(MiAaPQ)EBC865896(OCoLC)55638574(MdBmJHUP)muse10415(Au-PeEL)EBL865896(CaPaEBR)ebr10032537(DE-B1597)547956(DE-B1597)9780814776773(EXLCZ)99100000000000531020010220d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMoney talks[electronic resource] speech, economic power, and the values of democracy /Martin H. RedishNew York New York University Pressc20011 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-7538-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Intersection between Free Speechand Economic Power; 2 Commercial Speech and Democratic Values; 3 Corporate Speech and the Theory of Free Expression; 4 Free Speech and the Flawed Postulates of CampaignFinance Regulation; 5 The Right of Expressive Access, Redistributive Values,and the Democratic Dilemma; 6 Government Subsidies and Free Expression; 7 Conclusion: Free Expression and the Sound of Money; Notes; Index; About the AuthorMany have argued that soft money and special interests are destroying the American electoral system. And yet the clarion call for campaign finance reform only touches on the more general belief that money and economic power have a disastrous impact on both free expression and American democracy. The nation's primary sources of communication, the argument goes, are increasingly controlled by vast corporate empires whose primary, or even exclusive motive is the maximization of profit. And these conglomerates should simply not be granted the same constitutional protection as, say, an individual pCampaign fundsUnited StatesFreedom of speechUnited StatesCampaign fundsFreedom of speech323.44/3/0973Redish Martin H235914MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783060803321Money talks3778021UNINA