koch, david h.

"[In graphic novel format], Darryl Cunningham offers an ... analysis of the origins and ideological evolutions of four key players in the American private sector--Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and oil and gas tycoons Charles and David Koch. What emerges is a vital critique of American capitalism and the power these individuals have to assert a corrupting influence on policy-making, political campaigns, and society writ large"-- Back cover.

"Tells the ambitious tale of how one private company [Koch Industries] consolidated power over half a century-and how in doing so, it helped transform capitalism into something that feels deeply alienating to many Americans today"--Amazon.

Chronicles the lives and careers of the four Koch brothers, Frederick, Charles, and fraternal twins David and Bill, discussing their business enterprises, political aspirations, the law suits between the brothers and more.

"A popular uprising against big government led to the ascendancy of a broad-based conservative movement. But as Jane Mayer shows in this powerful, meticulously reported history, a network of exceedingly wealthy people with extreme libertarian views bankrolled a systematic, step-by-step plan to fundamentally alter the American political system. The network has brought together some of the richest people on the planet. Their core beliefs-that taxes are a form of tyranny; that government oversight of business is anassault on freedom-are sincerely held. But these beliefs also advance their personal and corporate interests: Many of their companies have run afoul of federal pollution, worker safety, securities, and tax laws."--Amazon.