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Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, by Vicky Ward (2019) 0.50

Type: Book · Used on: Barring the president and members of Congress from giving any official government function to a family member would reduce the use of public office for private gain.

Where to find itSt. Martin's Press
Belief YBarring the president and members of Congress from giving any official government function to a family member would reduce the use of public office for private gain.Truth 0.50

Beliefs this work bears on

#BeliefBearsBelief's truth
1Barring the president and members of Congress from giving any official government function to a family member would reduce the use of public office for private gain.
What it shows: The book reports that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump pursued international dealings while serving as White House advisers, some of them without the knowledge of the State Department or the National Security Council.
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The beliefs that cite this work, which way it bears on each, and what it shows there. A work earns its place by what it changes; whether it deserved to is argued below.

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Reasons to agree that the work makes its case well

#Reason (pattern)TruthConfLinkImpUniqScore
Nothing here yet. Starter patterns: Accurate, Well reasoned, Well made, Primary sources.

Reasons to disagree

#Reason (pattern)TruthConfLinkImpUniqScore
Nothing here yet. Starter patterns: Errors of fact, Weak reasoning, Poorly made, One-sided.

Total agree 0.00 · total disagree 0.00 · quality score 0.50

Quality is craft: is the work accurate, well reasoned and well made? Reasons here are about the work itself, never about whether the belief it speaks to is true.

Impact Arguments

Reasons to agree that the work has shaped the debate

#Reason (pattern)TruthConfLinkImpUniqScore
Nothing here yet. Starter patterns: Widely cited, Changed minds on record, Reached a broad audience, Shaped policy.

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Nothing here yet. Starter patterns: Rarely cited, Preaching to the converted, Small audience, No trace in policy.

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Impact is reach: has the work changed what people think, say or do about the topic? Reasons here are about influence, never about quality; a bad book can be influential.

Check table

1The workKushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, by Vicky Ward (2019)
2TypeBook
3What it claims about the beliefThe book reports that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump pursued international dealings while serving as White House advisers, some of them without the knowledge of the State Department or the National Security Council.
4Computed quality0.50 from 0 reason(s) to agree and 0 to disagree
5Computed impact0.50 from 0 reason(s) to agree and 0 to disagree
6Bottom line, typed by the author after the tables aboveA journalist's account of one family rather than a systematic study, so it illustrates how an official role can carry private interests but cannot show that a bar would prevent it.

The five steps, answered from the pages above. Only the one-sentence bridge and the bottom line are typed.

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Where This Page Is Used

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Barring the president and members of Congress from giving any official government function to a family member would reduce the use of public office for private gain.mediaa row0.50

Every page that reads this one. One claim, one home, every use visible.

Scoring EngineTruth scores →

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Reasons to disagree, total0.00sum of the disagree side
Quality score0.50(agree + weight x starting point) / (agree + disagree + weight), starting point 0.50, weight 1.00
Impact score0.50the same rule applied to the impact table
ReasonRank0.0001how much of the site depends on this page: rank 1449 of 2173. The share of a walk that starts at the 162 beliefs and steps to the pages they read, with a 0.85 chance of stepping on each time
Work value0.0001ReasonRank x (1 - confidence): how much settling this page would be worth to everything above it
Completenessnoat least one scored reason on each side (an importance page: at least one interest; an interest page: both readings filled)

Cite this page Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, by Vicky Ward (2019). Idea Stock Exchange, media page kushner-inc-greed-ambition, truth 0.50, confidence 0%, revision 42c8344 of 2026-10-04. The revision is what makes this quotable: these numbers move as the argument is worked on, and rebuilding that revision reproduces them exactly.

Every number on this page as data: kushner-inc-greed-ambition.json. Constants: K = 1 · UNARG = 0.5 · DEFLINK = 1 · DEFIMP = 0.5 · DEFUNIQ = 1. A reason placed under a conclusion is presumed relevant until a linkage page says otherwise; the burden is on the challenger. The neutral start for importance, the wiki's own rule.

Every value here is computed from the tables above at build time. Nothing is typed.