I sense that awareness of U.S. corruption has been increasing. One watchdog group has been tracking it's position, as mentioned in this WSJ article: https://bl

I sense that awareness of U.S. corruption has been increasing. One watchdog group has been tracking it's position, as mentioned in this WSJ article: https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2019/01/29/u-s-seen-as-more-corrupt-watchdog-research-finds/ https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2019/01/29/u-s-seen-... And then there's that now-infamous Princeton study, which has been cited many times: https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...