The Divine Right of Capital

Foreword

THE UNASKED QUESTION that hovers over American politics and smothers public life is this: Do corporations have too much power in our society? As a younger reporter covering political campaigns, I occasionally asked this of candidates, mainly to watch them squirm and duck for cover. But during the 2000 Presidential campaign, I had an opportunity to ask the question of Senator John McCain, a conservative Republican in most respects but a man blessed with an incautious nature. Do corporations have too much power in America? “Without a doubt, without a doubt,” he answered without hesitation. “I see it every day in Washington.”

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