Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

pt. 1 The nature of this disease: Good souls, corrupted-- Good questions, raised-- 1 + 1 =

pt. 2 Tells: Why don't we have free markets-- Why don't we have efficient markets-- Why don't we have successful schools-- Why isn't our financial system safe, Who were the regulators-- What the "tells" tell us

pt. 3 Beyond suspicion: congress's corruption: Why so damn much money, demand for campaign cash, supply of campaign cash: substance, supply of campaign cash: new norms, supply of campaign cash: new suppliers, economies, gift and otherwise-- Why so damn much money does, a baseline of independence, deviations from a baseline-- How so damn much money defeats the left-- How so much money defeats the right, making government small, simple taxes, keeping markets efficient-- How so little money makes things worse, the benefits of working for members-- Two conceptions of "corruption"

pt. IV Solutions: Reforms that won't be reform, the incompleteness of transparency, the practical ineffectiveness of anonymity-- Reforms that would reform, the grant and Franklin project-- Strategy 1: the conventional game-- Strategy 2: an unconventional (primary) game-- Strategy 3, An unconventional presidential game-- Strategy 4, the convention game-- Choosing strategies