You might be interested in Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity. More generally, I was a little surprised at the pure experimental approach that didn't have a look at the degree of corruption in different real-world societies.
Corruption is widespread through our society. From major events like the Enron scandel to low level inefficiency in government it has a massive impact on our day to day lives. People aren't inherently evil, so it is the type of organisations that we create that are at fault.
I recommend "From major events like the Enron scandal to low level inefficiency in government, corruption has a massive effect on our day to day lives."
As for the next sentence, I'm not sure whether I don't understand you or don't agree with you. Admittedly, there will be more crime when there are weak barriers to crime, but I also believe that people who want to get away with something will, if they have the power, try to shape organizations which will let them get away with what they want.
Something to contemplate: Man creates huge Ponzi scheme in EVE Online just to prove he can do it. When it's over, he considers returning the money, which he has no use for, but he just can't make himself do it.
You might be interested in Trust: The Social Virtues and The Creation of Prosperity.
Thanks. I'll have a look at the book.
More generally, I was a little surprised at the pure experimental approach that didn't have a look at the degree of corruption in different real-world societies.
I did mention looking at various subjects in the What>Explore section, one of which will be looking current real world societies.
I focus on experimentation for a few different reasons
1) Experimentation is hard. You can't do it on your own, you need other people, so ... (read more)
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