Money talks : speech, economic power, and the values of democracy / Martin H. Redish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redish, Martin H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds--United States.

Campaign funds.

Freedom of speech--United States.

Freedom of speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many have argued that soft money and special interests are destroying the American electoral system. And yet the clarion call for campaign finance reform only touches on the more general belief that money and economic power have a disastrous impact on both free expression and American democracy. The nation's primary sources of communication, the argument goes, are increasingly controlled by vast corporate empires whose primary, or even exclusive motive is the maximization of profit. And these conglomerates should simply not be granted the same constitutional protection as, say, an individual p

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: The Intersection between Free Speechand Economic Power; 2 Commercial Speech and Democratic Values; 3 Corporate Speech and the Theory of Free Expression; 4 Free Speech and the Flawed Postulates of CampaignFinance Regulation; 5 The Right of Expressive Access, Redistributive Values,and the Democratic Dilemma; 6 Government Subsidies and Free Expression; 7 Conclusion: Free Expression and the Sound of Money; Notes; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814769188

0814769187

9780814776773

0814776779

OCLC:

779828288