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combating, 76–77, 80–83, 268

country rankings, 3–4

economic approaches to, 82, 88–99, 105

examining, 48–73

in new world, 3–29

in old world, 5–10

public trust and, xiii, 6–12, 28–29, 47–52, 263–268

redefining, 28–29

scholars of, 96–98

of shadow lobbyists, 266–271

unaccountability and, ix–xiii, 3–29

Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), 76–79, 83, 89, 92–95, 98–99

Corzine, Jon, 170, 249

cover-ups, 64–68

“crony capitalism,” 75–76, 89, 98

“cyber-industrial complex,” 149

D

Dan, Călin, 197

Danzig, Richard, 189

Daschle, Tom, 49–52, 92, 176

Daschle Loophole, 50

Dean, Howard, 56

de Blasio, Bill, 183

DeMint, Jim, 182

deniability

accountability and, 40–42, 72

ambiguity and, 173–174, 180

flexibility and, 26–27, 174, 196, 215

informality and, 221–222

obscurity and, 227, 241

outsourcing and, 41

unaccountability and, 40–42, 72

digital age. See also information technologies

astroturfing and, 227, 232–233

impact on media, 102–103, 135–136

simulacra and, 122–126

Wild West approach to, 126–127

digital cowboys, 130–134

Dilanian, Ken, 154–155

Dimon, Jamie, 13

disclosure

ethics and, 44

performance of, 140

rules for, 44, 51–53, 114, 140

Dodd-Frank legislation, 22, 119, 166–167, 224

Doe, Samuel K., 60

Draghi, Mario, 8

Dubnick, Melvin J., 260

Dumas, Lloyd J., 266–267

Dunlap, Riley, 201, 202

E

Eigen, Peter, 83–84

Einhorn, David, 38

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 158, 165, 190

Elder, Jeff, 107

Elliott, Carl, 218–221, 223

Environmental Policy Act, 175

Epstein, Gerald, 214, 217

ethics

accountability and, x, 28–29, 37–38, 259–263

code of, 213–217, 222, 263, 268

disclosure and, 44

individual choice and, 28

professional ethics, 37–38, 87

rules for, 44, 52

shadow generals and, 163–165

shame and, 28, 212, 223

Exum, Andrew, 192–193

F

“failing up,” 7–8, 17, 28, 64–68, 255

fake authenticity, 108

fake news, 104–105, 116, 258

Fallows, James, 11

Feith, Douglas, 58

Fick, Nathaniel, 190

financial crisis, global, 7–8, 18, 21–22, 37, 96, 142

financial crisis of 2008, 13–14, 35–36, 45, 49, 108–109, 166, 213

Fink, Richard, 224

Fischer, Karin, 203

flexian, 25–26, 64, 67, 96, 198–199

flexibility, 25–27, 174, 196, 215

Flint, Alex, 231

Flournoy, Michèle A., 186, 192

Flynn, Michael, 191, 192

Fontaine, Richard, 188

Foreign Agents Registration Act, 57–63

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 83

“Fourth Estate,” 109

free press, 109, 130

Fukuyama, Francis, 208

fund-raising groups, 25, 240–241, 246, 250

G

Gaddafi, Muammar, 10, 206–211, 251

Gates, Robert, 153–154, 163, 189

Geithner, Timothy, 65–67

Gephardt, Richard, 58

Gerson, Michael, 271

Giddens, Anthony, 209

Gissurarson, Hannes Hólmsteinn, 69

Giuliani, Rudy, 56

Giustra, Frank, 248–249

Glass-Steagall Act, 19

Gore, Al, 201

Gorelick, Jamie, 176

Gotti, John, 117

governing changes, 20–27, 52, 101–102, 148–149, 195–199

Grassley, Charles, 234–235

“grassroots” billionaires, 236–238

“grassroots” organizations

fund-raising groups, 25, 240–241, 246, 250

nonprofit organizations and, 226–252

simulacra of, 227–229

swaying public opinion, xiii, 145

unaccountability of, xi, 6, 128, 177, 226–252

Greenspan, Alan, 18, 66, 74

Greenwald, Glenn, 107–108, 127, 133, 151–154

Gressang, Randall, 164

H

Haarde, Geir, 69, 71

Harris, Shane, 153–154

Hawley, Chris, 123

Hayden, Michael, 154

High Priests

anti-corruption and, xii, 74–100

code of ethics and, 215–217

description of, 78–82

economics of, 186, 206, 212–213

shadow lobbying, 206, 212–215

Hodge, Nathan, 124–125, 193

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, 264

human reactions, 255–258

Hussein, Saddam, 60

I

Iksil, Bruno (the “London Whale”), 13, 39, 190

informality

accountability and, 10–11, 45–47

deniability and, 221–222

unaccountability and, 10–11, 43–47

information technologies, 33–34, 38–43, 50, 96. See also Internet age

intelligence community, 102–103, 133–134, 147–158

Internet, colonizing, 135–136

Internet age, 14, 24, 105, 115, 126–127, 134–139, 227. See also digital age

investigative journalism, 73, 114, 120, 126–130, 227. See also journalism

investigative reporting, 52, 115–116, 120–123, 126–129, 246

Isikoff, Michael, 246–247

Issing, Otmar, 56

J

Jacques, Peter, 201, 202

Jaffe, Greg, 190

Jastrow, Robert, 200

Jester, Dan, 49, 52, 59

Johnson, Simon, 56

Johnston, David Cay, 121

Johnston, Michael, 89

Jolie, Angelina, 63

journalism. See also media

accountability journalism, 73, 114–121, 126–127, 143

churnalism and, 127, 143

downsized journalists, 121–126

fake news, 104–105, 116, 258

free press, 109, 130

investigative journalism, 73, 114, 120, 126–130, 227

mainstream media, 17, 61, 90, 104, 116, 258

migration of, 121–126

nonprofit journalism, 122, 127–128

philanthro-journalism, 127–130

public relations people, 121–126

simulacra and, 122–126

think tanks and, 124–130

weakening, 115–121

K

Kaplan, Robert, 189, 190

Kapoor, Sony, 40, 44–45

Keane, Jack, 161

Keenan, Linda, 53

Kelly, Max, 43

Keough, Donald, 249

Kerry, John, 50

Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), 206, 217–223, 232, 263–264

Kidney, James, 9

Kilcullen, David, 190

Kim, Jong Un, 206

King, Lawrence, 221

Klein, Ezra, 131

Klitgaard, Robert, 79–80

Koch brothers, 240–242, 247

Kovach, Bill, 242–243

Krastev, Ivan, 79, 93–94

Kristof, Nicholas, 120

Krugman, Paul, 98, 131

Kuttner, Robert, 65

L

Lakoff, Andrew, 220

Lambsdorff, Johann Graf, 79, 88, 93, 99

LaPira, Tim, 264

Larsen, Kaj, 116, 122

law, limits of, 264–265

leaders, confidence in, 14–17, 27–28

leadership, 14–17, 27–28

Lemann, Nicholas, 118–119

Leno, Jay, 247

Lepinay, Vincent Antonin, 13

Levitt, Arthur, Jr., 19, 66, 118, 166

Levy, Reynold, 184

Lewis, Bernard, 208–209

Lewis, Charles, 129–130

Lewis, Kenneth, 118

Livingston, Bob, 58, 59

Lobbying Disclosure Act, 62, 264

lobbying issues, 53–61. See also shadow lobbyists

Locomotives, 68–72, 93, 270–271

Ludwig, Eugene, 166–168

M

Mack, John, 118

Mackintosh, Stuart, 20, 22

Madoff, Bernie, 9–10

mainstream media, 17, 61, 90, 104, 116, 258. See also media

mandates, 150, 170, 173–177

Marcos, Ferdinand, 82, 91

Markey, Edward, 236

Mayer, Jane, 224

McCaffrey, Barry, 53, 160, 269

McCain, John, 50–51

McCarthy, Justin D., 165

McChrystal, Stanley, 191–193

McConnell, John Michael “Mike,” 151–158, 165, 262

McNamara, Robert, 185

media. See also journalism