Corruption in the United States

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Corruption in the United States is the act of a local, state or federal official using some form of influence or being influenced in some way, typically through bribery. Corruption is used to the advantage of the government official and a person or group of people.

The U.S. is the 18th least corrupt country in the world, according to the 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International.^[1]

See also

• Campaign finance in the United States
• Gerrymandering in the United States
• Health care in the United States
• Lobbying in the United States
• Military budget of the United States
• Military-industrial complex
• Operation Ill Wind
• Police corruption in New York City
• Prison-industrial complex
• Vote early and vote often
• Voter suppression in the United States

References

Further reading

• Genovese, M. A; V. A Farrar-Myers (2010). Corruption and American Politics. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-638-0.
• Grossman, M. (2003). Political corruption in America: an encyclopedia of scandals, power, and greed. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-060-4.
• Teachout, Zephyr. Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United (Harvard University Press, 2014)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Corruption in the United States.

• United States at the Business Anti-Corruption Portal
• United States at Transparency International
• United States at the Global Corruption Barometer
• Cole, Juan (December 3, 2013). "Top 10 Ways the US is the Most Corrupt Country in the World". Informed Comment. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2017.