It's kind of embarrassing for India that the three countries ahead of it for having the most prevalent cultures of bribery are Liberia, Afghanistan, and Iraq: one country artificially created by the United States in the 19th century that is forever enthralled in political turmoil and two countries where the United States has actively engaged war recently. Perhaps this means the reason we Americans are so far down on the list is because we tend to export bribery inducement to other places?
On the other hand, considering India's economic progress over the past decade or so, I'd be curious to know if this percentage has actually decreased over that period.
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Friday, December 10, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Is this the Military-Industrial Complex Ike warned us about 50 years ago?
A blog post at The Economist offers a counterpoint to a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece authored by AEI's Arthur Brooks, Heritage's Ed Feulner, and the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol. One key point that jumped out at me was:
"The reality is that much of the world is free-riding off the security provided by American military dominance. Were American taxpayers to refuse to bear so much of the burden of keeping the world safe for Danish container ships, other countries would surely step up. Furthermore, considerations of basic distributive fairness suggest they should."
The blog posting also cites another great column at The Washington Post by Linda J. Bilmes and Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, which breaks down the actual direct and indirect costs of the Iraq War.
"The reality is that much of the world is free-riding off the security provided by American military dominance. Were American taxpayers to refuse to bear so much of the burden of keeping the world safe for Danish container ships, other countries would surely step up. Furthermore, considerations of basic distributive fairness suggest they should."
The blog posting also cites another great column at The Washington Post by Linda J. Bilmes and Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, which breaks down the actual direct and indirect costs of the Iraq War.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Colbert's Final Signoff from Iraq
Just a quick blurb to follow up my recent blog post about Stephen Colbert in Iraq. He had a great signoff at the end of his last show from Iraq that's worth seeing if you didn't catch it then:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Operation Iraqi Stephen - Sign Off - Honey, I'm Coming Home | ||||
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