Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The mysterious East.
Vietnam's Communist leaders recognise a need to fight graft. But it is unclear whether poorly paid party members will be able to resist temptation.Amy Kazmin, "Corruption crisis throws shadow over Vietnam's Communist party congress," Financial Times 2 (April 18, 2006).
"They are all addicted to it, like opium," says Fred Burke, a partner at the law firm Baker & McKenzie in Ho Chi Minh City.
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As if the United States has no corruption. It's all we're reading about. I suspect corruption is to government as the black market is to the economy. The more robust and efficient the one, the less so the other. That and the darker your skin the harder it is to tell right from wrong.
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