David B. Magleby is dean of the School of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University, where he is also a professor of political science. He is the editor of Financing the 2000 Election (Brookings 2002), and coauthor of Government by the People, which is now in its twenty-first edition. Candice J. Nelson is academic director of the Campaign Management Institute and associate professor of government at American University.

"In Washington, money chases power and power chases money. As the S & L debacle illustrates, outsiders-the public-too often foot the bill for the influence peddling games insiders play with other people's money. The Money Chase is an objective account of how these games are played." —Jim Leach, U.S. House of Representatives

David B. Magleby is dean of the School of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University, where he is also a professor of political science. He is the editor of Financing the 2000 Election (Brookings 2002), and coauthor of Government by the People, which is now in its twenty-first edition. Candice J. Nelson is academic director of the Campaign Management Institute and associate professor of government at American University.

"In Washington, money chases power and power chases money. As the S & L debacle illustrates, outsiders-the public-too often foot the bill for the influence peddling games insiders play with other people's money. The Money Chase is an objective account of how these games are played." —Jim Leach, U.S. House of Representatives

David B. Magleby is dean of the School of Family, Home, and Social Sciences at Brigham Young University, where he is also a professor of political science. He is the editor of Financing the 2000 Election (Brookings 2002), and coauthor of Government by the People, which is now in its twenty-first edition. Candice J. Nelson is academic director of the Campaign Management Institute and associate professor of government at American University.

"In Washington, money chases power and power chases money. As the S & L debacle illustrates, outsiders-the public-too often foot the bill for the influence peddling games insiders play with other people's money. The Money Chase is an objective account of how these games are played." —Jim Leach, U.S. House of Representatives