While getting interviewed on the Thom Hartman show, former president of the United States Jimmy Carter stated the United States is “an oligarchy, with unlimited political bribery being the essence of getting the nominations for president or to elect the president”. His statements match a 2014 Cambridge study which concluded the United States was an oligarchy as well. The United States Oligarchy is considered a corporate oligarchy where corporations can control politics through unlimited campaign contributions and lobbyists.