You are invited to attend the latest book launch of Timothy K. Kuhner. Timothy K. Kuhner is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Auckland.

This book launch will be followed by a reception hosted by the Law School. The reception will be held in the Law Staff Common Room (Level 4, Room 409) from 7-8pm. Tickets must be reserved to attend.

About this event:

Since the U.S. presidential election of 2016, people around the world have debated Donald Trump’s rise to power. How did he win the election? What kind of political regime has he established? And how has that regime transformed the United States of America?

Just days before the 2020 election, Tim will discuss the main take-aways from his new book, Tyranny of Greed. This critically acclaimed work addresses Trump’s rise to power from the perspective of the religious and revolutionary awakenings that produced democracy. Tim argues that this radical heritage holds the keys to understanding and unseating Trump’s regime. He will make the case that democracy in the United States—and in most other nations as well—is vulnerable to organized greed and that the time has come for a revolution against corruption.

"Tyranny of Greed is the most incisive critique yet of the Trump presidency and the system that created it. The story is brilliant, the method dramatic, and the scholarship impressive. This gripping piece of work cements Kuhner's status as one of the most original, interesting and effective contemporary scholars of U.S. constitutional law."

—K D Ewing, Professor of Public Law, King's College London, author of The Cost of Democracy and Bonfire of the Liberties

“Stunning! Amidst the avalanche of recent books about how the United States became a kleptocracy, this is the one to read.”

—Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley

If you wish to purchase a copy of Tyranny of Greed, please follow this link here.

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