The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution: Reconstructing the Economic Foundations of American Democracy
- ISBN-10
- 067498062X
- ISBN-13
- 9780674980624
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 640
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Joseph Fishkin, William E. Forbath
Description
Oligarchy is a threat to the republic. Joseph Fishkin and William Forbath show that, for most of US history, Americans saw the Constitution as responding to that threat by imposing on legislators a duty to break up oligarchy, block corporate political power, and ensure a broad distribution of wealth and political power among ordinary Americans.
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