This week, Jeremi sits down with Brian Roberts to talk about the development of campaign finance in a historical context.

As always, Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Money Have Mercy.”

Brian Roberts is a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. His fields of interest are American Political Institutions, Interest Groups, and Positive Political Economy, with a focus on politics and financial markets, corporate political participation, and distributive politics. He has published papers in the fields of political science, economics, and finance.