Ha-Joon Chang on Corruption

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Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market.
Ha-Joon Chang
History shows that, at earlier stages of economic development, corruption is difficult to control. The fact that today no country that is very poor is very clean suggests that a country has to rise above absolute poverty before it can significantly reduce venality in the system.
Ha-Joon Chang