Corruption and Reform
Lessons from America's Economic History (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
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Contributions
- Edward L. Glaeser (Editor) - Contributor
- Claudia Goldin (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2006-04-14 - University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Word Count
96,000 words, Guess
Page Count
384 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10191914M
- ISBN-139780226299570
- ISBN-100226299570
- OCLC Control Number61240571
- OCLC Control Numbercorruptionreform00glae
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005022496
- LibraryThing859555
- Goodreads1515178
Classifications
- LCCHV6783.C784 2006
- LCCHB1
Description
"The United States today, according to most studies, is among the least corrupt nations in the world. But America's past was checkered with political scandal and widespread corruption that would not seem unusual compared with the most corrupt developing nation today. We construct a "corruption and fraud index" using word counts from a large number of newspapers for 1815 to 1975, supplemented with other historical facts. The index reveals that America experienced a substantial decrease in corruption from 1870 to 1920, particularly from the late-1870s to the mid-1880s and again in the 1910s. At its peak in the 1870s the "corruption and fraud index" is about five times its level from the end of the Progressive Era to the 1970s. If the United States was once considerably more corrupt than it is today, then America's history should offer lessons about how to reduce corruption. How did America become a less corrupt polity, economy, and society? We review the findings and insights from a series of essays for a conference volume, Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's History, for which this paper is the introduction that attempt to understand the remarkable evolution of corruption and reform in U.S. history"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Description
The USA has a reputation for being amongst the least corrupt nations, but it was not always so. The contributors examine the ways in which widespread corruption, swindling & fraud was tackled in America & suggest ways in which such practices might be confronted elsewhere in the 21st century.
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