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SUMMARY:Casey Michel
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DESCRIPTION:Join Christopher Purdy in conversation with CASEY MICHEL about
  his new book\, United States of Oligarchy..\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2><strong>Authors at the Library with </str
 ong></h2>\n<h2><strong>CASEY MICHEL</strong></h2>\n<h3><strong>Monday\, Se
 ptember 14 | 6 p.m.</strong><br /><strong>Auditorium | Main Library | 96 S
 . Grant Ave.</strong></h3>\n<p><strong>5:30 p.m. |</strong>&nbsp\;Seating 
 opens\, Book sale by Prologue<br /><strong>6:00 p.m. |</strong> Christophe
 r Purdy In Conversation with CASEY MICHEL<br /><strong>6:45 p.m. |</strong
 > Audience Q&amp\;A<br /><strong>7:00 p.m. |</strong> Book sale and signin
 g</p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/colu
 mbus/Authors_at_the_Library/Author_Photo_Casey_Michel_Credit_Versha_Sharma
 .jpg" width="267" height="400" alt="" /><img src="https://static.libnet.in
 fo/frontend-images/events/columbus/Cover_UNITED_STATES_OF_OLIGARCHY.jpg" w
 idth="263" height="400" alt="" /></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</strong
 ></p>\n<p><b>CASEY MICHEL</b><span>&nbsp\;is the author of&nbsp\;</span><i
 >American Kleptocracy</i><span>\, named by The Economist as one of the "be
 st books to read to understand financial crime\," and&nbsp\;</span><i>Fore
 ign Agents</i><span>\, which received starred reviews from both Kirkus and
  Publishers Weekly and was described by&nbsp\;</span><i>Foreign Policy Mag
 azine<span>&nbsp\;</span></i><span>as one of the "biggest foreign-policy b
 ook releases of 2024."</span><br /><br /><span>His writing on offshoring\,
  foreign lobbying\, authoritarianism\, and illicit wealth has appeared in&
 nbsp\;</span><i>The New York Times\, Financial Times\, The Wall Street Jou
 rnal\, The Atlantic\, Foreign Affairs</i><span>\, and&nbsp\;</span><i>The 
 Washington Post</i><span>\, among other outlets\, and he has appeared on N
 PR\, BBC\, CNN\, and MSNBC\, among other stations. He has also testified i
 n front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the links between illicit fin
 ancial networks and national security. He received his Master&rsquo\;s deg
 ree in Russian\, Eurasian\, and East European Studies from Columbia Univer
 sity&rsquo\;s Harriman Institute\, and he is currently sanctioned by the R
 ussian regime for his work.&nbsp\;</span><i>United States of Oligarchy<spa
 n>&nbsp\;</span></i><span>is his third book.</span></p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT 
 THE BOOK</strong></p>\n<p><span>For years\, a small group of billionaires 
 has amassed increasing power\, steering American politics for their own be
 nefit. Many of these figures are familiar. There&rsquo\;s Elon Musk\, who 
 has used his wealth to help place Donald Trump back in the White House. Th
 ere&rsquo\;s Mark Zuckerberg\, who has used his resources to transform Ame
 rica into his own digital playground. There&rsquo\;s Jared Kushner\, who h
 as used family connections to gain more political power than he ever dream
 ed of.</span><br /><br /><span>But these oligarchs are not working alone. 
 From China to Russia to Saudi Arabia and beyond\, many of these men have c
 ultivated alliances with America&rsquo\;s most notorious adversaries\, ope
 ning the doors for autocrats around the world to sink their teeth into the
  U.S. Placing profit over patriotism\, they have transformed into vectors 
 of influence for some of the world&rsquo\;s most repulsive dictatorships\,
  all of whom are trying to create a world dominated by imperialism and tyr
 anny. Connecting everything from the devastation in Ukraine to destruction
  in Gaza to destabilization in Greenland\, these oligarchs have transforme
 d American policy and American politics into their own private fiefdoms\, 
 regardless of what Americans actually want. </span></p>\n<p><strong><img s
 rc="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/events/columbus/Authors_at_
 the_Library/purdy.jpg" width="300" height="400" alt="" /></strong></p>\n<p
 ><strong>ABOUT THE MODERATOR</strong></p>\n<p>Christopher Purdy is <span>t
 he host of All Sides Weekends Books and&nbsp\;</span>Classical 101's early
  morning. He is host and producer of Front Row Center &ndash\; Classical 1
 01&rsquo\;s weekly celebration of Opera and more &ndash\; as well as Music
  in Mid-Ohio\, Concerts at Ohio State\, and the Columbus Symphony broadcas
 t series. He is the regular pre-concert speaker for Columbus Symphony perf
 ormances in the Ohio Theater.</p>\n<p><strong>EVENT DETAILS</strong></p>\n
 <p>The event is free to the public but due to limited seating registration
  is requested.</p>\n<p>Casey's books will be sold on site by Prologue Book
 shop.</p>\n<p>Parking available in Main Library's attached garage\, while 
 available.</p>\nhttps://columbus.libnet.info/event/16998905
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