Table of Contents
A Note on the American Dream ix
Introduction xiii
Principle #1 Reduce Democracy 1
Secret Processings and Debates of the Convention Assembled at Philadelphia, In the Year 1787, and Other Sources 9
Principle #2 Shape Ideology 17
Powell Memorandum, Lewis F. Powell Jr., 1971, and Other Sources 25
Principle #3 Redesign the Economy 33
"An End to the Focus on Short Term Urged," Wall Street Journal, Justin Lahart, September 9, 2009, and Other Sources 45
Principle #4 Shift the Burden 51
Henry Ford on Why he Doubled the Minimum Wage he Paid his Employees, and Other Sources 59
Principles #5 Attack Solidarity 65
The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith, 1759, and Other Sources 75
Principle #6 Run the Regulators 79
Prosperity Economics: Building an Economy for All, Jacob S. Hacker and Nate Loewentheil, 2012, and Other Sources 91
Principle #7 Engineer Elections 97
Citizens United V. Federal Election Commission, Supreme Court of the United States, January 21, 2010, and Other Sources 103
Principle #8 Keep the Rabble in Line 107
"Ford Men Beat and Rout Lewis Union Organizers; 80,000 Out in Steel Strike; 16 Hurt in Battls," New York Times, May 26, 1937, and Other Sources 117
Principle #9 Manufacture Consent 123
Essays, Moral, Political, Literary, David Hums, 1741, and Other Sources 131
Principle #10 Marginalize the Population 139
"Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens," Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, 2014, and Other Sources 151
Notes to Primary Source Material 159
Index 165