section_path: Twenty-first century/Origins/Inequality and the role of money in politics
section_name: Inequality and the role of money in politics
paragraph_text: Inequality and the role of money in politics
  
  Political scientists including Wendy Brown and H.A. Giroux argued that the United States has been de-democratizing since the 1980s because of neoconservatism and neoliberalism. Aziz Huq and Behrouz Alikhani cited the growing political influence of the wealthy and global corporations with the loosening of campaign finance laws, especially the Citizens United Supreme Court decision.