"Covert Operations" - the greasy corporate wheels behind the Libertarian machine (New Yorker Mag.)

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August 26, 2010
Chances are you've never heard of Charles and David Koch. The brothers own Koch Industries, a Kansas-based conglomerate that operates oil refineries in several states and is the company behind brands including Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Lycra fibers and Stainmaster carpet. Forbes ranks Koch Industries as the second-largest privately held company in the U.S. — and the Koch brothers themselves? They're worth billions.

And in the past 30 years, they've funneled more than $100 million into dozens of political organizations, many of which are trying to steer the country in a more libertarian direction. Among the organizations they've backed are the Cato Institute, a Washington think tank that has recently raised questions about climate change, and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia — which one Democratic strategist called "ground zero for deregulation policy in Washington." ...cont'd

Listen to remainder of the Fresh Air interview with author Jane Mayer, about her article for the New Yorker Magazine:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129425186


Covert Operations(New Yorker Magazine article)
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all