money laundering

What the Trump Campaign Lacked was a Little Structuring

By Dan Nexon

In General

On July 18, 2020

A few days ago, Anna Massoglia of the Center for Responsive Politics pointed out that the Trump campaign spent nearly $400,000 in one quarter at a Trump Hotel. This brings the total (disclosed) diversion of donor money into the coffers of the Trump Organization to...

progressive politics

It’s the Corruption, Stupid

By Dan Nexon

On October 5, 2019

Regular readers of Lawyers, Guns and Money will know that I've long argued that progressivism must be internationalist in orientation. Among other reasons, contemporary kleptocracy and oligarchy is transnational character..

General

Global Kleptocracy and Luxury Real Estate: the World of Donald Trump

By Dan Nexon

On July 15, 2017

Given recent developments in Trumpland, I decided to interview my friend and sometimes collaborator, Alex Cooley, for an episode of Foreign Entanglements. We discuss matters related to his recent co-authored book, Dictators without.

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