“Thomas Piketty, an economist at the Paris School of Economics, warned in his zeitgeist-shifting book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, that without… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“When Congress instituted the federal income tax, Mellon was one of the wealthiest men in America, with interests in dozens of monopolistic… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Between 1981 and 1986, the top income tax rate was cut from 70 percent to 28 percent. Meanwhile, taxes on the bottom… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“After a series of campaign scandals involving secret donations from the newly rich industrial barons in the late nineteenth and early twentieth… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“David Brock, a conservative apostate who became a liberal activist, described the Heritage Foundation, where he was a young fellow, as almost completely under… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“The early think tank was not a spy operation, but it was funded by wealthy men who had no objections to using pretexts and… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in its opposition… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs'… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs and profits,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving the country… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other thing that's… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs. They successfully… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, explains that private… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“During the previous eight years of Republican rule, this conservative corporate elite had consolidated its power, amassing enormous sway over the U.S. government’s regulatory… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
“Noble again chose Larry McCarthy, the veteran media consultant who was known for his ability to distill a complicated subject into a simple, potent,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share
