Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law : The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life (Hardcover)

1. Corruption: the basic story; 2. Corruption and the inequality trap; 3. Corruption, inequality, and trust: the linkages across nations; 4. Transition and the road to the inequality trap; 5. The rocky road to transition: the case of Romania; 6. Half empty or almost full? Mass and elite perceptions of corruption in Estonia, Slovakia, and Romania; 7. The easy and hard cases: Africa and Singapore and Hong Kong; 8. Corruption isn't inevitable, but; 9. Conclusions.