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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2022
In the United States a democratic impulse, multiple jurisdictions, and varied populations have facilitated corruption. Party machines relied on captive immigrant votes. Elected judges have corrupted the courts all the way to the top. Minority rule and voter suppression are rampant. Expert professionals take advantage of lay clients in finance, auditing, and healthcare. In healthcare doctors are venal and everybody cheats. A trilemma of democracy, governance, and markets cannot be resolved. In Britain, the neoliberal ascendancy relegated bureaucracy in favour of commercial cunning. Performance incentives replaced long-term government careers. Business and bureaucracy intermingle. Public service is hollowed out, diminished, outsourced, and privatised. There is little public benefit and no audit. Politicians and senior civil servants have been implicated in deep corruption. The Reagan–Thatcher revolution failed the public and has worked well for the rich.
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