Casey Michel is a writer, analyst, and investigative journalist and head of the Human Rights Foundation’s Combating Kleptocracy Program
He is the author of United States of Oligarchy and American Kleptocracy.
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SEP 18, 2026 • Podcast
A New Breed of American Oligarch
Casey Michel examines how concentrated wealth is reshaping American democracy and foreign policy, and the consequences when private interests take precedence over the public good.
JAN 25, 2022 • Podcast
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History, with Casey Michel
Last October, millions of leaked documents known as the Pandora Papers exposed the shadowy financial structures global power players from politicians to billionaires use to ...