'The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office -- And What We Can Do about It

'Why are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the public but control all three branches of the federal government. How did this happen? What stops lower-income and working-class Americans from becoming politicians?  Nick Carnes' new book, The Cash Ceiling: Why Only the Rich Run for Office - And What We Can Do about It , provides a compelling and comprehensive account of why so few working-class people hold office―and what reformers can do about it. Carnes is a faculty member at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.' -- DukeSanfordSchool