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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction “The Violence of Faction”: Understanding Political Corruption
1. “The Great Desideratum”: Madison, Hamilton, and the First Bank of the United States
2. “The Spirit of the Nation Forbids It”: Nationalism and Corruption from Jefferson to Jackson
3. “The General Scramble for Plunder”: Patronage in Jacksonian America
4. “Permanent and Terrible Mischief”: Machine Politics in the Gilded Age
5. “The King of Frauds”: Business and Politics in the Gilded Age
6. “To Dissolve the Unholy Alliance”: The Progressive Response to Corruption
7. “A Grand Political Racket”: Corruption in the New Deal
8. “Clear it with Sidney”: Modern Liberalism and the Interest Group Society
9. “A Grab Bag of Subsidies”: The Politics of American Agriculture
10. “The Parochial Imperative”: The Politics of the Pork Barrel
11. “A Big, Dumb Price Fixer”: Medicare and the Politics of Entitlements
12. “A Robbery of the Great Majority”: The Politics of Corporate Taxation
13. “The Pretorian Band”: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Politics of Regulatory Capture
Conclusion: A Republic No More
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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