Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2014

Keywords

campaign finance, corruption, political participation, elections

Abstract

In response to Professor Lawrence Lessig’s Jorde Lecture, I suggest that corruption is not the proper conceptual vehicle for thinking about the problems that Professor Lessig wants us to think about. I argue that Professor Lessig’s real concern is that, for the vast majority of citizens, wealth presents a significant barrier to political participation in the funding of campaigns. Professor Lessig ought to discuss the wealth problem directly. I conclude with three reasons why the corruption temptation ought to be resisted.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings

Corruption, Elections, Political participation, Campaign funds

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