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In this @FordhamLRev piece asking why Congress isn't more corrupt, I point to economic research suggesting NY is among most corrupt governments because major population centers/journalists are far from state capital (kinda like Sacramento) http://fordhamlawreview.org/issues/why-isnt-congress-more-corrupt-a-preliminary-inquiry/ …https://twitter.com/ProfBainbridge/status/993671917918863365 …
here's the study in American Economic Review by Campante and Do showing more corruption when state capitals are far from population centers https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.104.8.2456 …
Solution I suggest in my @FordhamLRev piece as subsidies for state and local investigative journalism.
Here in Massachusetts the two previous House Speakers have been convicted of federal corruption charges, and the one before that pled guilty to federal tax law violations. And they're in Boston, where all the journalists are...
it's a 50 state study, so certainly doesn't explain everything
sorry, wasn't citing those as a refutation of your study, merely as a (humorous?) aside.
i didn't take offense. I think it's a fascinating question!
Sounds like Florida
Interesting hypothesis : Albany is one capitol where to avoid contamination the best suit to wear is made by NASA ...others..there are reasons why Louisiana politics are the closest thing to armed combat sanctioned by an allegedly civilized society
On a more serious note; support of local paper state House reporting is vital : SC reporters for The State; Post & Courier broke open nuclear plant scandal : they do the real work but are beset by revenue sucking parasites like Wastebook
Lot of Illinois govs.
Has anyone studied whether making legislatures more representative (fewer constituents per) would reduce special-interest influence? (I argued it would here: https://ordinary-times.com/timkowal/2011/12/under-siege-how-government-centralization-and-expansion-puts-democracy-in-the-service-of-special-interests/ …)
Or Springfield, Illinois.
How do you eliminate the differences of state law and enforcement. Maybe we have better fraud cops. More corrupt are the states that don't go after pols.
Check the record of former Governors of Illinois
Check Rod Blagojevich, whose biggest crime was bragging about common, everyday, political corruption. The system hates the crooks who can't, or won't, go about normal business quietly because it threatens to expose the lies and hypocrisy of the entire system.
How can measure corruption? Most politicians don’t flaunt their corruption like Trump.
How do you measure corruption in a rigged, elitist system. Most of the pay-to-play influence peddling done by politicians is perfectly legal. Politicians are like casino owners who get greedy and try to get more from a system already designed to enrich them legally.
Fits Illinois too. Interesting.
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