Renewable Revolution

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EthicsinSociety
Published on Apr 6, 2016

Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the
desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been
defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do
hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate than middle-class workers? The
conventional answer is that a popular uprising against “big government” led to the
ascendancy of a broad-based conservative movement. But as author Jane Mayer shows in
her powerful, meticulously reported new book, a network of exceedingly wealthy people
with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally
alter the American political system. 

Mayer was in conversation with Rob Reich and Lucy Bernholz to discuss the future of
American democracy.

This event was co-sponsored with Stanford PACS, and was part of The Ethics of Democracy
series.

The McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society is committed to bringing ethical reflection to
bear on important social problems through research, teaching, and engagement. Visit the
Center's website for more information: http://ethicsinsociety.stanford.edu

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