I spoke to Professor Adam Winkler from UCLA Law School about the origins of corporate political spending. We chatted about changes to election processes in the 1880s and 1890s, and how a political figure named Mark Hanna secretly introduced corporate spending into politics. Professor Winkler is the author of We the Corporations: How American Businesses …
Skipped History
Interviews with top historians about their latest work. Mainly educational, often funny. Conveniently, most of the jokes are about people too far underground to punch back.
Hosted by Ben Tumin, creator of the NYT-profiled Skipped History web series.
Interviews with top historians about their latest work. Mainly educational, often funny. Conveniently, most of the jokes are about people too far underground to punch back.
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