The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracy

An urgent and revealing examination of how the ultra-rich dominate democracies, hoard political power, and maintain inequality that “grips like a political thriller, warns like an alarm, and astonishes on every page” (Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life).

The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the many throughout most of human history. This is now more starkly visible than ever-a time when the gulf between oligarchs and average citizens is larger than any gap tha...