About the Author

Mark Mullen is an educator, social scientist, political observer, and award winning author with more than 30 years' experience as a leader in the public sector. Mullen enlightens readers with insights on America's political, business, cultural, educational, and social anxieties. Known for writing books that make facts and ideas come to life like a spellbinding, fast paced novel, Mullen's books are painstakingly researched and undeniably candid. Mullen engages audiences with a systematic and common sense approach to exposing the underbelly of commerce, government agencies, the media, and society. His work seeks to reveal corporate, government, and media manipulations of truth and facts. Mullen's focus is on the difficulties of getting by in America, especially for the middle class. His use of patterns, trends, and behaviors are analyzed through a critical, historical, and sometimes humorous lens.

Reviews

"Who Controls America? is a political, social and economic history of the often-hidden influencers on American political processes, pairing brief reviews of how the federal banking system works with closer inspections of how Wall Street banks control not only business, but politics, in America." -Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review"Who Controls America? dissects the incestuous and exploitative relationship between Wall Street, the Federal Reserve, the Pentagon and the rest of Washington with blistering precision. To his credit and for our erudition, Mark Mullen provides a succinct and straightforward discussion of the current situation." -Ron Jacobs - CounterPunch Magazine"In Who Controls America, Mark Mullen explains how the über wealthy control the United States; importantly, readers can consider proposals proffered by the author for how the masses can gain control."- Kim Petersen, Dissident Voice, editor"Mark Mullen's new book asks 'Who Controls America?' Read it and learn what's vital to know...Powerful monied interests run things exclusively for their own self-interest. Mullen explains how they benefit at the expense of most others. Enriching themselves obscenely created the greatest wealth disparity in US history...America is becoming more plutocracy than democracy." - Stephen Lendman, author of Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on HumanityMark Mullen's new political essay asks the question that many Americans and people around the world consider, even silently, but one that few people have the luxury to think about: Who Controls America? In the introduction to this gripping book, the author doesn't waste any time in citing a great authority in democracy: "Elites, not masses, govern America. In an industrial, scientific, and nuclear age, life in a democracy, just as in a totalitarian society, is shaped by a handful of men." The idea of democracy as the "government of the people, for the people, and by the people," seems like a huge farce in this day and age, and most recently it becomes more and more evident that the masses are manipulated by a select few, that the laws are enacted to protect the interests of a few groups rather than those of the masses.In Who Controls America? by Mark Mullen, the reader will understand who truly holds power in American society and it isn't the masses. The reader will understand why a handful of people can create wealth for themselves while plunging the entire nation into huge debt. This book unearths the inner game of manipulation and shows how banks and private institutions create situations that bring about economic depression, war, and poverty. American politics, the economy, educational system, and foreign policies are controlled by small groups, and these groups don't work for the interests of the common citizens. Mark Mullen's writing is very evocative and he uses a popular style that will appeal to a wide audience. This book gives clear answers to the many questions that are asked around the Trump conundrum, for example. It is ruthlessly honest and enlightening, the first book you should read if you want to understand political power and who wields it. - Romuald Dzemo, Readers' Favorite