https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J5Jf7adtBE A keynote lecture presented at Green Economics Institute 11th Annual Conference at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, England on the 29th of July 2016. The moderator was Miriam Kennet,…
Anticorruption Is Better Social Organisation
This article starts and concludes with the following sentence. “Governance and corruption are about social organisation on a scale that ranges from very good governance to terrible governance.” Good governance regarding government and organisations does not suggest the total absence of corruption. But serious corruption characterises terrible governance. It is important to focus on the definitions, approaches, perspectives and logics of corruption as long as they are appropriate. (more…)
Is Britain More Corrupt Than Nigeria?
Corruption occurs in every nation and at all levels in systemic and non-systemic forms. To compare corruption in Nigeria with that in Britain is equivalent to an episode of severe schizophrenia. Capital flight, as it functions in the arena of corruption, happens because of politicians in unstable economies. And where the monies are subject to seizure. They then taken the wealth to a “safe haven” nation [in Europe, America or the Middle East]. One that has a stable economy. And the wealth is safe from expropriation by nations of origin. Corruption and capital flight have damaged Nigeria with pernicious abandon. When will it stop? (more…)