Corruptie in het nieuws.

How the US Government, Banks, Prison-Industrial Complex, Corrupt Officials, Businesses, Law Enforcement, Racists and the CIA Profit From Illegal Drugs

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All over the world, drug organizations depend upon corrupting border guards, customs inspectors, police, prosecutors, judges, legislators, cabinet ministers, military officers, intelligence agents, financial regulators and presidents and prime ministers. Businesses cannot count on the integrity of government officials in such environments. And corrupted we have become, while publically taking the moral high ground.

Is Nederland nu corrupt of juist niet?

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De index vanTransparency International is gebaseerd op percepties, niet op echt onderzoek.
De Nederlandse regering zet zichzelf ten onrechte een pluim op de hoed.
Accountants schatten dat Nederland voor 10 miljard euro smeergeld betaalt. Toch komt het heel goed weg op de corruptie-index. Wat is waar, vraagt Michel van Hulten.

Mathijs Bouman, Clichés domineren de discussie over de euro.

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[Een interessante column uit Het Financieele Dagblad van donderdag 14 juni 2012] Mathijs Bouman woensdag 13 juni 2012, 00:00 update: woensdag 13 juni 2012, 08:18 Clichés domineren de discussie over de euro. Grieken zijn leugenachtig, Italianen corrupt, Duitsers gierig en Nederlanders lomp. De vooroordelen vertroebelen het debat over hoe we de euro kunnen redden en … Lees meer

Discussion on Michael Johnston’s ‘Syndromes of corruption’

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091113, Paper on Johnston’s book after discussion of 13 Nov 2009 in SAXION Discussion on Michael Johnston’s ‘Syndromes of corruption‘ Tuesday, 23 November 2010 07:40 | Written by Johan Wempe | December 07th 2009 – Discussion on Michael Johnston’s book ‘Syndromes of Corruption’ As Knowledgecentre within Saxion University, we are very interested in new research … Lees meer

Costs of corruption

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A very short but essential message:
Analysis of fifty corruption studies shows a series of negative economic costs: ‘an increase of corruption by about one index point reduces GDP growth by 0.13 percentage points and GDP per capita by 425 US$’. ‘An increase in the corruption index by about one point has the same effect as a 7.5 percentage points increase of the tax rate’.

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