Stifling Political Competition: How Government Has Rigged the System to Benefit Demopublicans and Exclude Third Parties

Stifling Political Competition examines the history and array of laws, regulations, subsidies and programs that benefit the two major parties and discourage even the possibility of a serious challenge to the Democrat—Republican duopoly. The analysis synthesizes political science, economics and American history to demonstrate how the two—party system is the artificial creation of a network of laws, restrictions and subsidies that favor the Democrats and Republicans and cripple potential chal...