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technology, impact of, 38–40

television, exploiting, 109–115

“terms of use” agreements, 45–46

Tett, Gillian, 21, 36–39

Thatcher, Margaret, 68–69

think tanks

hiring journalists, 124–130

holding tanks, 188

influence of, 24–26, 178–204

outsourcing and, 188

power centers and, 55, 120, 178

shadow elites, 180–185

shadow lobbyists, 55–56, 65–66, 137–145

shaping war policy, 19–24

simulacra of, 179

swaying public opinion, ix–xiii, 19–24, 195, 202, 269–273

thought leaders and, 178–204

Tourre, Fabrice, 42

transparency. See also accountability

age of, 41, 48, 103, 108, 126–136

demand for, 20, 26, 72–73, 133–136, 183–185, 264–266

illusion of, 95

of intelligence, 102–103

lack of, 73–75, 88–92, 128, 149, 185, 258

limits of, 222–223

Trevino, Joshua, 62

trust. See also public trust

accountability and, ix, 6–12, 24–33, 40–48, 67–77, 93–94, 100–108, 159–160, 223–225, 262–267

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

decline of, 24, 33–35

restoring, xiii, 253, 259, 263–268

violation of, ix, 6–12, 26–29, 47–52, 72, 77, 100, 223, 252

truth, loss of, 12–14

truth, performing, xi, xii, 101–144

“truthiness,” 14, 106–108

“truthi-news,” 14

Tsingou, Eleni, 20, 22

U

U. S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 83

Ul-Haq, Mohammed Zia, 82, 91

unaccountability. See also accountability

advancement of, 27

corruption and, ix–xiii, 3–29

deniability and, 40–42, 72

flexibility and, 25–27

of grassroots organizations, xi, 6, 128, 177, 226–252

impact of, 12

informality and, 10–11, 43–47

information technology and, 33–34, 38–43, 50, 96

new corruption and, xi–xiii, 3–29, 33, 47–78, 84–91, 96–97, 145, 255–259, 268

structured unaccountability, xii, 7, 30–47, 255–258

trust and, ix, 6–12, 24–33, 40–48, 67–77, 93–94, 100–108, 159–160, 223–225, 262–267

V

Value at Risk (VaR) models, 38–39, 92

Vanden Brook, Tom, 163

Vennochi, Joan, 194

Volcker Rule, 168

von Kloberg, Edward, III, 60–61

W

Wade, Robert, 70–71

Wałęsa, Lech, 33

Wall Street protests, 4, 132

Ward, Monte, 54

Warren, Elizabeth, 183, 224–225

Washington-Wall Street clique, 18–26

Weatherstone, Dennis, 21, 25

Webb, Jim, 189–190

Weber, Max, 34–35

Wertheimer, Fred, 245

White, Mary Jo, 117–120

White, William, 36, 40, 47

Whitman, Christine Todd, 176, 230–231, 269

Williams, Julie, 168

Wisner, Frank, 59

Wolfensohn, James, 83

Wolffe, Richard, 124

workaround systems, 28–29, 197, 259

Wyden, Ron, 157

Y

Yanukovych, Viktor, 62

Yglesias, Matthew, 131, 142–143

Yurchak, Alexei, 104–105, 109, 258

Z

Zaloom, Caitlin, 38

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