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040 _cSt. Andrew's Theological Seminary
050 _aJK 1118
_b.L47 2011
100 1 0 _aLessig, Lawrence
245 1 0 _aRepublic lost :
_bhow money corrupts congress-- and a plan to stop it /
_cLawrence Lessig.
250 _a1st ed.
260 0 _aNew York :
_bTwelve,
_cc2011.
300 _axiii, 383 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 _aContents:
505 _apt. 1 The nature of this disease: Good souls, corrupted-- Good questions, raised-- 1 + 1 =
505 _apt. 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
505 _apt. 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"
505 _apt. 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
650 _aLobbying
_xCorrupt practices
_zUnited States
650 _aUnited States. Congress
_xEthics
650 4 _aPoltical corruption
_zUnited States
651 4 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
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