Who Really Runs America?
As in the past, Congress is in the grips of corporate America and the financial institutions. Have we moved from a democracy to a plutocracy where the rich control the major aspects of American life and the rest are marginalized? Can the president fight back? “We bought the bastard,” said tycoons of Teddy Roosevelt, “but he didn’t stay bought!” – Charles Brock, M. Litt.; Kathy Dahlkemper, B.S.; Bruce Kibler, Ph.D.
Rev. Charles Brock, M.Litt. is director of the Brock Institute for Mega Issues Education at the Jefferson Educational Society. An Erie native, Rev. Brock is an emeritus fellow, chaplain, and director of Ministerial Education at Mansfield College, Oxford, UK, where he taught for 35 years. In addition to being a founding member of the Jefferson and serving as Secretary of the Jefferson Board of Trustees, Rev. Brock is acting minister of The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Girard.
