I found this (http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175326/tomgram%3A_andy_kroll%2C_how_the_oligarchs_took_america/) to be a fairly reasonable attempt to discuss the same phenomenon. The thesis is that the U.S. hasn't always been a plutocracy; but within the last thirty years, the rich have evolved techniques to make it one.
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Date: 2010-12-22 04:36 am (UTC)