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AMERICA RULES THE WORLD! BUT WHO RULES AMERICA?
An illuminating exploration of power in America
“My lord… Of course, there’s a ruling class, and it’s based on money. It’s a very simple problem: You can buy a jet plane of your own, or you can buy a president.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, from The American Ruling Class
Caton Burwell as “Jack”
“A guided safari through the tribal haunts of the power elite.”
—James Wolcott, Vanity Fair
“It is an astonishing film — but, more important, tells us who really runs things.”
—Studs Terkel
Paul Cantagallo as “Mike”
A classic coming-of-age tale
“A call to arms for everyone to think about how their actions will affect the future in which we live.”
—Sarah Hughes, The London Observer
Renowned essayist and author Lewis Lapham explores our country’s most taboo topic: class, power, and privilege in our nominally democratic republic. The heavyweight ensemble cast includes former cabinet secretaries, corporate mandarins, media magnates, and at least one journalist working as a waitress.
Lapham and two recent (fictional) Yale graduates make the rounds of Pentagon briefings, the World Economic Forum, philanthropic foundations, law firms, corporations, banks, and New York society dinners in their attempt to answer the question:
“Who rules America?”
