LEADER 04805nam 22008055 450 001 9910464828303321 005 20210113185510.0 010 $a0-8047-9158-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804791588 035 $a(CKB)3710000000128522 035 $a(EBL)1713124 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001226263 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12459166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001226263 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11270553 035 $a(PQKB)11492610 035 $a(DE-B1597)564140 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804791588 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1713124 035 $a(PPN)244998205 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000128522 100 $a20200723h20202014 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCapitalism v. Democracy $eMoney in Politics and the Free Market Constitution /$fTimothy K. Kuhner 210 1$aStanford, CA : $cStanford University Press, $d[2020] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-8066-8 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1 The Question Raised by America?s Design -- $t2 Free Market Democracy -- $t3 Corporations Speak -- $t4 Consumer Sovereignty -- $t5 Why Capitalism Governs Democracy -- $t6 Plutocracy -- $t7 Capitalism and Democracy Reconciled -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aAs of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and $1million to become a Member of the House. High-priced campaigns, an elite class of donors and spenders, superPACs, and increasing corporate political power have become the new normal in American politics. In Capitalism v. Democracy, Timothy Kuhner explains how these conditions have corrupted American democracy, turning it into a system of rule that favors the wealthy and marginalizes ordinary citizens. Kuhner maintains that these conditions have corrupted capitalism as well, routing economic competition through political channels and allowing politically powerful companies to evade market forces. The Supreme Court has brought about both forms of corruption by striking down campaign finance reforms that limited the role of money in politics. Exposing the extreme economic worldview that pollutes constitutional interpretation, Kuhner shows how the Court became the architect of American plutocracy. Capitalism v. Democracy offers the key to understanding why corporations are now citizens, money is political speech, limits on corporate spending are a form of censorship, democracy is a free market, and political equality and democratic integrity are unconstitutional constraints on money in politics. Supreme Court opinions have dictated these conditions in the name of the Constitution, as though the Constitution itself required the privatization of democracy. Kuhner explores the reasons behind these opinions, reveals that they form a blueprint for free market democracy, and demonstrates that this design corrupts both politics and markets. He argues that nothing short of a constitutional amendment can set the necessary boundaries between capitalism and democracy. 606 $aCampaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States 606 $aCapitalism -- United States 606 $aConstitutional law -- United States 606 $aDemocracy -- United States 606 $aUnited States -- Politics and government 606 $aUnited States. -- Supreme Court 606 $aCampaign funds$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 606 $aCapitalism$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aLaw - U.S$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 606 $aConstitutional Law - U.S$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aCampaign funds -- Law and legislation -- United States. 615 4$aCapitalism -- United States. 615 4$aConstitutional law -- United States. 615 4$aDemocracy -- United States. 615 4$aUnited States -- Politics and government. 615 4$aUnited States. -- Supreme Court. 615 0$aCampaign funds$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aCapitalism 615 0$aDemocracy 615 7$aLaw - U.S. 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 615 7$aConstitutional Law - U.S. 676 $a324.7 80973 700 $aKuhner$b Timothy K., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01039117 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464828303321 996 $aCapitalism v. Democracy$92461129 997 $aUNINA