Corruption can help solve problems of disproportionate blame vs credit for politicians and other functionaries.
That is to say, assume a given PS will get much more blame breaking/removing a regulation if things go south than praise if they go well. In that case, if an ambitious project needs to get rid of said regulation, they must balance the PS’s cost matrix (e.g. break this regulation for us, and here’s some money, plus extra if things go well).
On the other hand, the kind of corruption the US (and in part the EU) has works on a reverse model, where it’s the government that gives money to businesses in order to get help passing policies, rather than the businesses that pay officials to get rid of regulations. (E.g. the way the US does healthcare, college, military equipment contracts, or space-exploration).
These two types of corruption seem completely unrelated to met. So really, I think the answer is “Yes, but, a narrower definition of corruption is needed to make the point stick”
Corruption can help solve problems of disproportionate blame vs credit for politicians and other functionaries.
That is to say, assume a given PS will get much more blame breaking/removing a regulation if things go south than praise if they go well. In that case, if an ambitious project needs to get rid of said regulation, they must balance the PS’s cost matrix (e.g. break this regulation for us, and here’s some money, plus extra if things go well).
On the other hand, the kind of corruption the US (and in part the EU) has works on a reverse model, where it’s the government that gives money to businesses in order to get help passing policies, rather than the businesses that pay officials to get rid of regulations. (E.g. the way the US does healthcare, college, military equipment contracts, or space-exploration).
These two types of corruption seem completely unrelated to met. So really, I think the answer is “Yes, but, a narrower definition of corruption is needed to make the point stick”
It’s unclear to me what PS stands for. It’s likely not useful to use that abbreviation.
Meant to say public servant, no idea why I used that abreviation, sorry.