Post by benson on Mar 10, 2017 12:26:41 GMT
Corruption flouts rules of fairness and give some people advantages that others do not have. Corruption transfers resources from the mass public to a selected few – and generally from the poor to the rich.
Corruption is not shaped democracy, the structure of a country’s electoral system, whether government is centralized or decentralized (measured by federalism) or by the share of a country’s government expenditures spent at the local or national level. The link between inequality and corruption seems compelling. Corruption is exploitive. Inequality breeds corruption by:
* leading ordinary citizens to see a system as stacked against them;
* creating a sense of dependency among ordinary citizens and a sense of pessimism for the future, which in turn undermines the moral dictates of treating everybody honestly; and
* distorting the key institutions of fairness in society, the courts, which ordinary citizens see as their protectors against evil-doers, especially those with more influence than they have.
Economic inequality creates political leaders who make patronage a virtue rather than a vice, since it provides jobs for ordinary citizens. These leaders help their constituents, but more critically help themselves. As mentioned above, inequality breeds corruption and leads to a dependency of the poor on their political leaders.
Corruption not only thrives under conditions of high inequality and low trust, but in turn it leads to more inequality (and thus less trust). For many countries, the trap is inescapable. Corruption aggravates inequality: the well-off can afford bribes, but the poor often do without basic services. Inequality, trust and corruption form a vicious circle that is very difficult to break.
www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2017/03/10/1679638/inequality-and-corruption
Corruption is not shaped democracy, the structure of a country’s electoral system, whether government is centralized or decentralized (measured by federalism) or by the share of a country’s government expenditures spent at the local or national level. The link between inequality and corruption seems compelling. Corruption is exploitive. Inequality breeds corruption by:
* leading ordinary citizens to see a system as stacked against them;
* creating a sense of dependency among ordinary citizens and a sense of pessimism for the future, which in turn undermines the moral dictates of treating everybody honestly; and
* distorting the key institutions of fairness in society, the courts, which ordinary citizens see as their protectors against evil-doers, especially those with more influence than they have.
Economic inequality creates political leaders who make patronage a virtue rather than a vice, since it provides jobs for ordinary citizens. These leaders help their constituents, but more critically help themselves. As mentioned above, inequality breeds corruption and leads to a dependency of the poor on their political leaders.
Corruption not only thrives under conditions of high inequality and low trust, but in turn it leads to more inequality (and thus less trust). For many countries, the trap is inescapable. Corruption aggravates inequality: the well-off can afford bribes, but the poor often do without basic services. Inequality, trust and corruption form a vicious circle that is very difficult to break.
www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2017/03/10/1679638/inequality-and-corruption