John Attanasio

John Attanasio’s (Col ’76 L/M) book, Politics and Capital: Auctioning the American Dream was the subject of an article published on Forbes.com on April 29, 2020.

The article by Lawrence Carrel, Rising Income Inequality is Direct Result of Campaign Finance Cases, concerned the relationship between the campaign-finance cases, the enormous rise in U.S. income inequality, and the coronavirus crisis. 

Oxford University Press also interviewed Attanasio about the themes of the book in a 25-minute Soundcloud podcast. It has over 3100 listens.

John Attanasio (Col ’76 L/M) published Politics and Capital: Auctioning the American Dream (Oxford) in May 2018. The book explores five ideas the author considers to be critical to addressing problems besetting the American political and economic systems.