by Brooke Harrington | Feb 25, 2025 | Elites & Oligarchs, Other
2025, New York Times The radical changes wrought by DOGE to the federal government during Trump’s first weeks in office are reminiscent in scope and speed to what Franklin Roosevelt did during his first 100 days in office, but with the opposite effects: instead...
by Brooke Harrington | Nov 24, 2024 | Elites & Oligarchs
2024, The Atlantic With the broligarchs–billionaire men from the high-tech and finance industries–granted sweeping powers over the federal government, what happens now? This article reviews what they’ve been up to & how their bizarre political...
by Brooke Harrington | Aug 19, 2024 | Offshore Finance
2024, The Atlantic How a now-obscure financier turned the Bahamas into a tax haven—and created a cornerstone of global plutocracy. Keywords: Bahamas, offshore finance, colonialism, Wallace Groves
by Brooke Harrington | Aug 4, 2024 | Elites & Oligarchs
2024, The Atlantic The antidemocratic politics of having it all, from the perspective of the ultra-rich seeking to influence the 2024 US Presidential election. Keywords: 2024 election, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, broligarch
by Brooke Harrington | May 29, 2023 | Elites & Oligarchs
2023, The Atlantic What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends? Keywords: elites, Supreme Court, corruption, mafia
