Corporatocracy

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is Professor of Law at Stetson University and a Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. She is the author of Corporate Citizen?: An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State and Political Brands. Torres-Spelliscy also serves on the board of directors of the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

"Ciara Torres-Spelliscy's compelling and clearly written critique makes visible the interwoven strands of corporate governance failure and political governance risk. This book should be read by anyone interested in whether Americans will be able to keep its experiment in democratic republicanism going, or whether it will slide into oligarchy or worse - which is to say, by everyone." -- John Coates, Deputy Dean and John F. Cogan, Jr. Professor of Law and Economics, Harvard Law School "In Corporatocracy, Ciara Torres-Spelliscy pulls back the curtain on the past and present role of corporate money in politics. From dusty ancient ledgers to crypto currencies, she reveals how money undermines American democracy. She illuminates the underappreciated role of corporate money on January 6th, and how it continued to flow to election-denying politicians after the insurrection. By following the money, this book illustrates why every American should work to bolster democracy through their votes and spending choices." -- Spencer Overton, author of Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression