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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: Outside Money Flow into Campaigns

Updated: November 2 2010,
Author: barrel fan
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Economic Institutions, Public-Choice Analysis, Roles of Government
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Paul Solman tracks the outside money pouring into some campaigns and examines how big of an influence they have.

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