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Abstract

This past Sunday's "60 Minutes" and the latest issue of Newsweek bring back to the fore the complicated issue of money and politics. Both highlight a new book by Peter Schweizer, "Throw Them All Out," which rails against what Schweizer calls "honest graft." Schweizer charges that leaders from both houses of Congress have been drawing on insider knowledge to make money in the stock market -- a practice that is banned in American industry and restricted in other sectors of government.

Citation

Gergen, David and Michael Zuckerman. "Is Money's Deep Role in Politics the Root of Our Woes?" CNN.com, November 15, 2011.