How does wealth become political power in America?

How does wealth become political power in America?

🔹 "Common Dreams" database: Lewis Powell's confidential memo in 1971 on the necessity to increase the political penetration of large companies is the starting point of a narrative about the growing connection between capital and politics in America; More than half a century later, the increase in the wealth of the billionaires, the expansion of corporate intrusion into politics and the deepening of the income gap between managers and workers, once again raised the question of how well politics in America serves the public interest.

Irna Jahan