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...