Thats the subject of jane mayers explosive new book, dark money. The new yorkers jane mayer has spent the last number of years writing on the koch brothers. The second will explore how kochs academic network is openly dishonest about its work, lobbying for kochs interests and recruiting students into his network new yorker reporter jane mayers new book dark money includes details that bolster. When jane mayer published her 10,000word article about charles and david koch in the new yorker in august 2010, david koch denounced her piece in print and, as she reports in her new book. Jane mayer the koch brothers and the weaponizing of philanthropy. In her fourth book mayer draws on court records, extensive interviews, and many private archives to examine the growing political influence of.
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New yorker writer jane mayer examines the origins, rise and dominance of a billionaire class to whom money is no object when it comes to. Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again. Mayer goes into the most detail in her discussion of the impact of charles and david koch, known more commonly as the koch brothers. The hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right, a private investigative firm with powerful political and law. In her electrifying and muchlauded, bestselling book, jane mayer reveals that the era of the koch brothers and big money in american politics is far from over, despite how much discussion there is to the contrary. Jane mayer on the koch brothers plan to in effect, buy america. What happened to jane mayer when she wrote about the koch brothers. As i write this betsy devos sister of eric prince, daughter of billionaire edgar prince, daughterinlaw to amway founder richard devos just got picked to be trumps secretary of education. Jane mayers dark money book reveals koch brothers paid. Shes uncovered secrets about president reagan, the koch brothers, and justice kavanaugh. Jane mayer, a writer for new yorker magazine who specialises in. A new book by new yorker writer jane mayer lays out how the oil billionaire koch brothers rose to the powerful position they are in today, where they wield unquestionable political influence and. Even before jane mayers piece on charles and david koch ran in the new yorker in august 2010, she started hearing that the billionaire brothers werent pleased with being profiled by an.
Recent media reports have highlighted a series of false and inaccurate claims about koch made by. But its not the brothers wealth that attracts the attention. Dark money is a book that must be read by anyone who cares about the future. Jane mayer on the method behind the koch brothers brilliant madness jane. The most dramatic revelation in mayers book is her account of the way the koch brothers father built the fortune that was the foundation of their enormous wealth. Like his sons charles and david after him, fred koch was an mittrained engineer. The hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right. Charles koch, quoted in jane mayer, dark money im not sure reading this right after trump got elected was the right decision.