It’s a decent book, but Mayer kinda lets the Dems off the hook. I typically recommend it grouped with Thomas Franks’ Listen Liberal: Or Whatever Happened to the Party of the Left as he covers that pretty much right up until 2014 or so the dems were fully on board with much of what the Kochs were doing. The Kochs were actually on the board of the Democratic Leadership Council which helped get Bill Clinton elected back in the 90’s. I usually also recommend Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean as well, as it expands on the history behind neoliberalism’s father of Public Choice Economics James M. Buchanan ( a real ghoul, one of the assholes invited to advise Pinochet after Allende’s demise) and his involvement with the Kochs. But that may be a bit farther out of the wheelhouse of what you’re looking for. They’re just 3 books that go really well together as my holy trinity of covering US neoliberalism… Actually, you might wanna check them out, as one of the big things Democracy in Chains covers is the way Public Choice Economics is used to present privatization to people in ways that we see very heavy in the news media, while Frank covers how media uses virtue signaling to present a illusion of politics. Maybe, idk, your call.!

If you find this article relevant to your interest, I’d recommend checking out all three books.

https://harpers.org/2016/02/nor-a-lender-be/