Meio fora de pauta mas interessante para a discussão sobre corrupção. Novo livro mostra como a Grã Bretanha apesar de ser considerada pouco corrupta, esta em 14o lugar como menos corrupto no portal de transparência, ela o é já que os parâmetros para classificação são desiguais entre países, como menciona matéria no The Guardian desta quarta feira : The definitions of corruption on which it draws are narrow and
selective. Common practices in the rich nations that could reasonably be
labelled corrupt are excluded; common practices in the poor nations are
emphasised. (in http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/18/corruption-rife-britain e http://www.plutobooks.com/display.asp?K=9780745335308). O artigo também menciona a questão do financiamento privado de eleições: There’s the small matter of our unreformed political funding system,
which permits the very rich to buy political parties. There’s the
phone-hacking scandal and the payment of police by newspapers, the
underselling of Royal Mail, the revolving door a llowing corporate
executives to draft the laws affecting their businesses, the robbing of
the welfare and prison services by private contractors, price-fixing by
energy companies, daylight robbery by pharmaceutical firms and dozens
more such cases. Is none of this corruption? Or is it too sophisticated
to qualify?

Vou comprar o livro, leio depois do livro do Piketty :)