How do rich politicians avoid paying tax?
By Ellis Simani, Robert Faturechi & Ken Ward Jr. IRS records reveal how Gov. Jim Justice, Gov. Jared Polis, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents....
Will Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders govern corruptly?
By Josh Von Trapp As terrible as the human rights and security situations in Afghanistan are already, things could get worse if the Taliban’s clean governance turns dirty. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban marched into Kabul unopposed, toppling the Western-backed...
Is New Zealand really the least corrupt country in the world?
By Zachary Meskell New Zealand needs additional transparency measures to shed light on “dark money” in politics, says Zachary Meskell. Earlier this year, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and, once again, New Zealand was...
Do more candidate-centric electoral systems help reduce corruption?
By Rumilda Canete-Straub, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, Stephane Straub & Karine Van der Straeten “The conventional argument in favor of open-list systems as a remedy against corruption is that voters can express their preferences over the individual candidates on...
The Trump Administration and corruption: How will he be remembered?
By Matthew Stephenson Last week, on January 20, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States replacing Donald Trump. First, let’s all breathe a collective sigh of relief. OK, now we can start thinking about what we’ve learned from this traumatic...
Can Trump be prosecuted?
By Richard Messick President-elect Biden has rightly made bringing Americans together his highest priority. His greatest challenge will be whether he can lead the nation into a reckoning with the Trump years without further inflaming passions. President Trump and...
Tyranny of greed: Is it time for a revolution against corruption in the United States? ▶
Since the U.S. presidential election of 2016, people around the world have debated Donald Trump’s rise to power. How did he win the election? What kind of political regime has he established? And how has that regime transformed the United States of America? In this...
Corruption and the COVID-19 vaccine: The looming problem of distribution?
By Zachary Meskell From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, activists and analysts have called attention to the significant corruption risks associated with the response to both the public health crisis itself and the economic disruption it has caused....
How can we adapt anticorruption enforcement to an age of populism and polarization?
By Haggai Porat Shortly after the U.S. Senate acquitted President Clinton in 1999, he apologized for triggering the impeachment process. President Trump, in contrast, declared that his acquittal called for “a day of celebration,” and immediately started firing White...Subscribe by Email
Completely spam free, opt out any time.
This form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
