This author examines the deeply entrenched power structures that shape society. His work focuses on the analysis of oligarchy and how small groups of elites control political and economic systems. With piercing insight, he reveals the mechanisms that sustain this power and warns of its consequences for democracy. His writing is a call to reflect on the distribution of power in our world.
Back in the Game is the inspiring story of how a massive political assassination at baseball practice for Republican members of Congress was narrowly avoided, and how the Majority Whip fought his way back to the People's House.
The common thread for oligarchs across history is that wealth defines them, empowers them and inherently exposes them to threats.