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We mostly know how the billionaire Koch brothers spend their money -- our own Scott Horsley describes it as “a hydra-headed network of think tanks, lobbying shops, and ‘astroturf’ advocacy groups to advance a philosophy that conveniently overlaps with the economic interests of their Wichita-based corporation.” But, he says, Christopher Leonard’s Kochland is more concerned with how they made their fortune. Check out his review here.
-- Petra
'We all have to begin to speak differently about trade, how it benefits the economy and foreign policy, how it helps Americans and people abroad,' Joe Crowley said in a 2007 Politico article. After losing a primary to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Joe Crowley is now employed by a lobbying firm and working to pass Trump’s renegotiated NAFTA. According to the new book “Kochland,” written by investigative reporter Christopher Leonard, Koch Industries secretly financed a report by Third Way, a corporate-funded think tank with ties to the centrist wing of the Democratic Party. The report, titled “Why Lou Dobbs is Winning” and published in November 2007, was written to promote the free trade agenda to liberals. The white paper explained it would be the first salvo in a yearlong effort to reshape the messaging around trade policy, warning that “a new and powerful populist strain has emerged on 'both sides' of the left and the right of American politics that threatens to turn the nation fearful and inward.
How the Koch Brothers purchased centrists and corporate Democrats, and financed neoliberal think tanks like “Third Way” and “No Labels” to secretly promote the free trade agenda
New from Simon & Schuster and business reporter Christopher Leonard, Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America.
Finally got my #Kochland delivered. Had it on my radar since @rodinhood recommended it couple of months back. My weekend reading is sorted, here’s hoping I get enough time and wine 🍷 for it! #christopherleonard #kochindustries #book #bookstagram #booknerd #weekendreading #simonandschuster #capitalism #reading #readersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CCK8x4BAaIG/?igshid=10uc4q673x59h
3/28/20
Chilly but beautiful today.
Koch's estate will continue to fuel an anti-democratic policy agenda.
It’s time to take back our education system now that David Koch is dead.
As David Koch retires, his lesser-known relatives seem (mostly) uninterested in replacing him.
Now that David Koch is dead. Our Koch problem is far from over. Chase Koch (the son of Charles Koch) is being groomed to takeover the the family business.
Criminal enterprise being passed on from one generation to the generation.
