{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"1695 Casey Michel UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY + News and Clips ","description":"Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com\/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls CASEY MICHEL I'm the Director of the Combating Kleptocracy Program at the Human Rights Foundation, as well as a writer, analyst, and investigative journalist working on topics ranging from kleptocracy, oligarchy, illicit finance, and dark money to foreign lobbying and foreign interference. I'm also a Senior Non-Resident Fellow with the Center for International Policy, where I focus on many of the same topics. I\u2019ve written three books on the intersection of international corruption, foreign influence, and democracy in America and abroad, all published by St. Martin\u2019s Press. The first\u2014AMERICAN KLEPTOCRACY: How the U.S. Created the World\u2019s Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History, on America\u2019s transformation into the world\u2019s greatest offshore haven\u2014was described as one of the \u201cbest books to read to understand financial crime\u201d (The Economist), \u201cmasterful\u201d (Financial Times), and \u201cbrilliantly clear\u201d (The Atlantic). My second book\u2014FOREIGN AGENTS: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World, on the rise and devastating impact of the U.S.\u2019s foreign lobbying industry\u2014received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, and was described by The Economist as \u201can eye-opening depiction of an industry that has largely defied efforts to keep it in check\u201d as well as one of the \u201cbiggest foreign-policy book releases of 2024,\u201d according to Foreign Policy. The journal Democracy described it as an \u201can eye-popping deep dive into a particularly slimy corner of the D.C. swamp\u2026 an investigative accomplishment and a cri de c\u0153ur.\u201d My third book\u2014UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY: How America\u2019s Wealthiest Ally with Dictators, Weaken the U.S., and Destroy Democracy\u2014is now out! The book reveals how America\u2019s wealthiest have allied with dictators around the world\u2014and how America\u2019s spiraling wealth inequality has not only decimated American democracy, but become a national security threat in and of itself.  As Foreign Affairs said, \u201cAn expert on money laundering, tax evasion, and other financial crimes, Michel offers a blistering account of how a full-blown oligarchy has formed in the United States.\u201d Publishers Weekly gave UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY a starred review, saying It is \u201ceye-opening,\u201d and \u201creaders will be outraged by the egregiousness of it all.\u201d The new book is an \u201cexcellent current events book for readers seeking to understand the threat [oligarchs] pose to U.S. democracy,\u201d according to Library Journal, and a \u201cdamning account of an unaccountable caste,\u201d according to Kirkus.  Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page   ","author_name":"Stand Up! with Pete Dominick","author_url":"http:\/\/standupwithpete.libsyn.com\/website","html":"