Politicians aren't exactly known to be a paragon of virtue and honesty. Chances are, if they don't lie at least a little bit they don't stand a good chance of getting elected. But does this mean everyone running for office needs to go full-blown George Santos? What if honesty is used to extract negative cost to lying politicians? That is the noble idea proposed by Professors Sarah Croco, Jared McDonald, and Candace Turitto, co-authors of a paper on the topic.
