White-Collar Government: The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making

by Nicholas Carnes

Book Overview

Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Millionaires have a majority on the Supreme Court, and they also make up majorities in Congress, where a background in business or law is the norm and the average member has spent less than two percent of his or her adult life in a working-class job. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them-- and does the social class...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022608714X
• ISBN13: 9780226087146
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"