The republic of virtue
Subtitle: how we tried to ban corruption, failed, and what we can do about it
By: F.H. Buckley
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9781594039706; 9781594039713
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Political corruption; Bribery; Law and legislation; Misconduct in office
Description: Public corruption is the silent killer of our economy. Weve spawned the thickest network of patronage and influence ever seen in any country, a crony capitalism in which business partners with government and transfers wealth from the poor to the rich. This is a betrayal of the Framers vision for America, and of the Constitution they saw as an anti-corruption covenant. Most Americans get it, and this explains the otherwise improbable rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-246) and index.
Table of contents: title: Our Machiavellian moment; title: Excusing corruption; title: The silent killer; title: The dream of a virtuous republic; title: An anticorruption covenant; title: What corruption meant to the framers; title: The promise of virtuous government; title: How did that work out?; title: Federalism and corruption; title: The Mississippi story; title: Designing a virtuous justice system; title: The silver bullet; title: Bribes; title: The republic of defection; title: Policing crony capitalism : what doesn't work; title: Three reforms; title: The heavenly city of the enlightened reformer.