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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by dash2 on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:24PM (#24734058)
Actually, among developed countries the US has a relatively high corruption level, I believe. (Insert many caveats about how difficult corruption is to measure.)
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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by arcticbull on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:09PM (#24734475)
America ranks 23rd on the Perception of Corruption Index. Australia, Canada and the UK are 12th, and New Zealand 1st. [1]

[1] https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi

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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by overdrivetg on Friday October 09, 2020 @07:33PM (#24735465)
The name of this index is like clickbait gone awry... Couldn't they have gone for something more like the Perception of Integrity Index since being #1 means "least corrupt"?
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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by arcticbull on Friday October 09, 2020 @08:09PM (#24735665)
I never thought about it that way, haha, good call-out.
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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by OJFord on Friday October 09, 2020 @06:21PM (#24735035)
How much did it pay for that privilege?
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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by iancoleman on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:14PM (#24734512)
One group that measures corruption (I'm sure there are many) is freedomhouse.org

They rate USA 3/4 for corruption (Section C2 [0])

Comparing other similar nations for corruption

Australia 4/4 Canada 4/4 New Zealand 4/4 United Kingdom 4/4

[0] https://freedomhouse.org/country/united-states/freedom-world...

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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by adewinter on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:22PM (#24734585)
They rate USA 75% for corruption, and the (ex) British colonies as 100% for corruption. What does that mean? Is literally every single transaction in those places corrupt? "Out of 4" seems like a very poor way of doing this kind or rating.
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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by coderintherye on Friday October 09, 2020 @06:20PM (#24735015)
Higher score is better. 4/4 is best.

Compare vs. China https://freedomhouse.org/country/china/freedom-world/2020

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Re:Matt Levine makes sense of Wall Street like none other by Dylan16807 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:03AM (#24737621)
You can't just turn ratings out of 4 or 5 or 10 into percents like that. It doesn't mean the same thing. So no they don't rate those countries that.
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