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Campaign contributions are a thorny issues. They play an important role in helping candidates express their views, buy media placements, and travel on their campaign. But equally challenging are the...
It’s official: the influence of wealth in American governance has reached historic levels. Affluent individuals, including billionaires and technologists, are increasingly taking on prominent roles...
As the United States evolves slowly from a corporatocracy to an oligarchy, as represented most powerfully and obviously by Elon Musk buying his way into the Oval Office, people are beginning to...
24/7 Wall St. Insights Ulysses S. Grant was an American hero coming out of the Civil War.  His administration was corrupted across various cabinet departments.  Grant has ultimately been remembered...
It defies all reason that elected officials are allowed to buy and sell stock in an economy that they are actively involved in running and are in charge of making the laws for, yet they are among the...
Is corruption increasing globally? Well, according to Transparency International, there is a global trend of weakening justice systems, which is reducing accountability and allows corruption to...
When corruption is ingrained in society, government, law, and institutions, it can hinder a country’s development and cause poverty. Unfortunately, according to Transparency International, there...