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Spotlight: Apr 17, 2023

Through his research and his LobbyView database, In Song Kim is shining a bright light on the dark art of political lobbying by firms. “We all understand companies as being important economic agents,” Kim says. “But companies are political agents, too.”

Apr 17, 2023

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