Market and Politics Questions
After reading Totenberg’s article and the excerpt from Baron’s chapter, please take two to four sentences to respond to one question (identify which).
1. Baron identifies three major reasons for making campaign contributions: “to affect the outcomes of elections,… to obtain access to present or future officeholders, and… to obtain services.” Which of these goals is the most difficult to achieve? Which purpose might have the most “corrupting” influence on politics in your view?
2. Elizabeth Pollman asserts that corporate shareholders and employees “have no real recourse if they disagree with how corporate money is spent in campaigns.” Is this true? How might shareholders and employees seek to influence their corporation’s political spending?
3. Totenberg presents the view that “individuals are perfectly free to give money to candidates with whom they agree, and to spend unlimited amounts independently supporting those candidates. They shouldn't need a corporation to express themselves…” Recalling Baron’s arguments about the costs of organizing nonmarket action, what advantages (if any) might a corporation provide over independent contributions?
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Question 1
The most difficult goal to achieve is that of affecting the outcome of elections. The goal is difficult to achieve since the electorate can always overwhelmingly oppose a candidate. In most democratic countries, the power is vested in the people. As a result, the people may come together and purpose to defeat any arrangements to affect the outcome of an election. In my view, the purpose that has the most corrupting influence is that of obtaining services. I believe it is the most corrupting since it interferes with the process of competence-based tendering processes. This form of injustice results in the discrimination of qualified people and the proliferation of corrupt practices.
Question 2
It is true that corporate shareholders ...
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