As shown on this corruption index (to the left), the higher the index, the less corrupt and the lower obviously means more corruption, also indicated by the darker values of red. The United States is a surprisingly 7-7.9 yellow; guess you have democracy to thank for that. However, it also means that the U.S. is not pure of (generalized) corruption, and when combined with a capitalistic society, it would not mix well in favor democracy, hence crony capitalism.Although, Jane Jacobs, a writer and activist, believes that any capitalist system will eventually fall into the trap of crony capitalism, and therefore no way to avoid it. She reasons that capitalism enables businesses, and these businesses could inevitably become profitable and with money they obtain (political) power; the connection is established between businesses being able to influence the government at one point. [link]
In relevance with my Corruption and Scandal theme, Halliburton, a multinational corporation has obvious connections with the former vice President, Dick Cheney. This association increases the likeliness of no-bid-contracting, a term which I will discuss in a latter post. [Ties with Dick Cheney]
