Northern Europe's the place to be. Chile has done well in recent times. I do like a thin country I'm wondering: Is "corrupt" a synonym for unstable? I'm wondering: Is "corrupt" a synonym for unstable?Don't the two often go hand in hand? A Pop for Oz too. this needs to be overlaid with the population demographic , it seems to me that the countries that are least corrupt are economically and politically stable, part of the 'first world', and have smaller populations of citizenry. it would be interesting to research this further. great clip Deepti - this is really interesting But I wonder does this measure overt/open corruption or overall corruption? U.S.? Transparency internation comes up with this every year and every year people wonder how they come up with these made up numbers. Consider this, if taken in doller terms the richest countries would be most corrupt. In our hearts and with a little common sense we all can see the "yellow" countries created Enron, the prime-lending mess and drove up the price of crude oil and the it all goes downhill to the "red" countries that do not have access to heating oil, building materials and long term investments (enron)., and to gain access to these materials become corrupt. Stop "wondering" what it means and just realize that this is just another way of the "yellow" contries to tell the c... Somehow a little part of me died since the U.A.E isn't on this list. The most profound corruption remains well hidden. It has learned to hide it's tracks, and it configures statistics which mean nothing to create an impression of stability. The world does not consist of nations, or peoples. It is a business, and business knows how to advertise. There is a focus on political corruption, to draw the attention away from economic corruption. The ultimate corruption goes beyond business, and politics. It is the absolute corruption of power. the world is a giant business now, isn't it. I wonder when the tipping point was? |
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