[EL] Study ranks states on corruption

[Sean Parnell]

Ran across this study, purporting to rank all 50 US states (but not DC, it
looks like) by how corrupt they are:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/90963/the-10-most-and-10-least-corrupt-sta
tes-in-america

 

I'm not going to vouch for the findings, just thought it was interesting
given how often we talk here about eliminating or curbing corruption. I'd
note that the findings don't seem to correlate especially closely with
either the campaign finance 'reform' or deregulation concepts of what either
side might think would lead to a more or less corrupt political system, at
least not at first glance - someone could probably do a closer analysis than
I have time for and see if there's anything beyond a weak correlation.

 

Sean Parnell

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Impact Policy Management, LLC

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sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

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