Casey Michel

Author and Journalist; Human Rights Foundation

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.

Featured Work

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 ...