John R. MacArthur is the publisher of Harper’s Magazine. He’s the author of The Selling of Free Trade and You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America.
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You Can’t Be President
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End of the Barrel
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Of Senators and Framers
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Against Liberal Intervention
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