This is Democracy – Episode 67: Campaign Finance: How Does it Work? How Can We Make it More Open and Democratic?

26/11/2019

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Episode Synopsis

This week, Jeremi sits down with Brian Roberts to talk about the development of campaign finance in a historical context.
As always, Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Money Have Mercy.”
Brian Roberts is a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. His fields of interest are American Political Institutions, Interest Groups, and Positive Political Economy, with a focus on politics and financial markets, corporate political participation, and distributive politics. He has published papers in the fields of political science, economics, and finance.