Pork Barrel Spending: How an Anti-corruption Measure Heightens Polarization and Threatens American Democracy posted on November 16, 2020 by Alex CastroUniversity of Chicago Tagged With: American Democracy, Gridlock, Polarization, pork-barrel spendingWhile ostensibly a positive effort against corruption, the voluntary banning of pork-barrel spending has contributed to the erosion of American democracy by encouraging hyperpolarization on the elite …Continue Reading about Pork Barrel Spending: How an Anti-corruption Measure Heightens Polarization and Threatens American Democracy →