From 1870 to 1920, when corruption appears to have declined significantly within the United States, the press became … of the informative press was one of the reasons why the corruption of the Gilded Age was sharply reduced during the …

developing nation today. We construct a "corruption and fraud index" using word counts from a large number of newspapers for 1815 … the "corruption and fraud index" is about five times its level from the end of the Progressive Era to the 1970s. If the … was checkered with political scandal and widespread corruption that would not seem unusual compared with the most corrupt …

century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of today's most corrupt developing nations, as … worldwide today. Contributors to this volume address the measurement and consequences of fraud and corruption and t … municipal governments and robber barons alike found new ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. In Corruption and …

developing nation today. We construct a "corruption and fraud index" using word counts from a large number of newspapers for 1815 … the "corruption and fraud index" is about five times its level from the end of the Progressive Era to the 1970s. If the … was checkered with political scandal and widespread corruption that would not seem unusual compared with the most corrupt …

charged language in the half century after 1870.From 1870 to 1920, when corruption appears to have declined significantly … seems a reasonable hypothesis that the rise of the informative press was one of the reasons why the corruption of the Gilded …