Republican, 45, 78, 82, 140, 155, 167–168, 171, 193, 223, 250, 258–261, 286, 306, 310–312, 315, 317

reputation, 58, 163, 171, 216, 251

retirees, 38

Richardson, Bill, 253–254

Riker, William, 101, 114–115, 125n7

risk, 13, 39, 51, 58, 212, 217, 247–248, 321

salaries, 21, 38

scandals, 2, 5, 12, 19, 43, 51, 81, 144, 159, 162, 165, 172, 179–180, 182, 186, 228, 283, 285, 292–293

self-interest, 4, 10–11, 26–27, 29–30, 137–139, 159, 172, 306

Senate, 1–2, 42–43, 144, 148, 150, 169, 180–181, 188, 195, 199, 251–253, 311–312, 315

sex, 137, 211, 285, 289, 293

Shultz, George, 160–161, 165

Social Security, 260, 289

Spitzer, Eliot, 285

skulduggery, 67–68, 71, 75, 88, 91n38

society, 2, 14–16, 19–20, 23, 28–39, 52–53, 67, 75, 80, 84, 103, 113–114, 136, 157, 264, 306, 324

Somalia, 2

South Korea, 2

Spain, 2

special interests, 29, 38, 44–45, 50, 74, 178, 197, 199–200, 296, 313, 316–317, 323

Spheres of Justice, 80

Starr, Ken, 168–169

stimulus, 38, 57, 279, 300n5

suicide, 143–144, 168

Superfund, 159

Supreme Court, 86, 150, 152, 154, 156, 211, 213, 216, 220–221, 230–231, 234, 259, 296, 308–311

Sweden, 2

Tammany Hall, 219–221, 223–224, 227

tax evasion, 150, 156, 228, 250, 253

taxpayers, 38, 84–85, 87

Teapot Dome, 144–145, 283

television, 103, 148, 151, 168, 180, 248

temptation, 2, 41, 53, 107–108, 135, 171–172, 309–310, 318, 322–324

Tenet, George, 48–49

Tennessee, 256

terrorist, 2, 66, 160, 328n52

Theory of Justice, A, 80

Theory of Justice, A, 80

Thirteenth Amendment, 78

Tocqueville, Alexis de, 21–22

transparency, 38, 42, 47, 58–59, 100, 111, 195, 199, 201–202, 255, 263, 322

Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index

(CPI), 11–12

Trafi cant, James (D-OH), 1

trustSee also distrust, 3–6, 11, 15, 22–23, 28, 37–42, 45–59, 68, 72, 100, 102, 104, 108, 110, 112, 117–118, 123, 137, 141–142, 146, 149, 167, 172, 179, 185–187, 189, 198–199, 263, 275–276, 279, 296, 298, 306–307, 310–311, 315, 317–324, 328n52

Tweed, William, 218–225, 227, 231, 235, 237n12