The Shadow State: How Think Tanks Quietly Took Control of American Policy

Who really governs America?
In The Shadow State, the answer lies not in Congress or the White House—but behind the scenes, in a vast and powerful web of think tanks, legal foundations, and donor-driven policy shops that shape the laws we live by without ever facing a single vote.
From the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for government overhaul to ALEC’s factory of copy-paste legislation, and from the Federalist Society’s judicial conquest to the media echo chambers rewriting truth itself, thi...