Bibliograph

The republic of virtue, how we tried to ban corruption, failed, and what we can do about it, F.H. Buckley

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The republic of virtue, how we tried to ban corruption, failed, and what we can do about it, F.H. Buckley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-246) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The republic of virtue

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

973807382

Responsibility statement

F.H. Buckley

Sub title

how we tried to ban corruption, failed, and what we can do about it

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Our Machiavellian moment -- Excusing corruption -- The silent killer -- The dream of a virtuous republic -- An anticorruption covenant -- What corruption meant to the framers -- The promise of virtuous government -- How did that work out? -- Federalism and corruption -- The Mississippi story -- Designing a virtuous justice system -- The silver bullet -- Bribes -- The republic of defection -- Policing crony capitalism : what doesn't work -- Three reforms -- The heavenly city of the enlightened reformer

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