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Wealth has great influence, as in Big contributors to campaigns are generally rewarded with important posts—in politics money talks . The idea behind this idiom was stated by Euripides in the fifth century b.c. , and some 2,000 years later Erasmus spoke of “the talking power of money” ( Adagia , 1532). The precise current locution, however, only began to be used about 1900.

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"Money talks in football," says former Wales and Wrexham captain Barry Horne.

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In this Money Talks: The federal student loan program was meant to help students seeking a route to a better life – so why is it putting so many of them into crippling debt instead?

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In this Money Talks: Amidst the Trump administration’s continued attacks on the press, David Enrich’s new book, Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful, feels incredibly timely.

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In this Money Talks: How does America assert its power globally?

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In this Money Talks: Emily Peck is joined by journalist and author Adam Chandler to discuss what he discovered about how Americans think about work while writing his book 99% Perspiration.

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