minus-squaremrrwmartelo [he/him]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoIt’s good that perception is catching up to reality since that is what the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) largely measures. However, in the Financial Secrecy Index, USA has been #1 for years! https://fsi.taxjustice.net/#scoring_id=268 Citations Needed had a good episode about the CPI and how “corruption” gets blamed for causing every other over-exploited country’s problems. Link here: https://player.fm/series/citations-needed-2158821/episode-73-western-medias-narrow-colonial-definition-of-corruption linkfedilink
minus-squaremrrwmartelo [he/him]@hexbear.nettonews@hexbear.net•ICE Shot Woman in Face in MinneapolislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agodeleted by creator linkfedilink
It’s good that perception is catching up to reality since that is what the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) largely measures. However, in the Financial Secrecy Index, USA has been #1 for years! https://fsi.taxjustice.net/#scoring_id=268
Citations Needed had a good episode about the CPI and how “corruption” gets blamed for causing every other over-exploited country’s problems. Link here: https://player.fm/series/citations-needed-2158821/episode-73-western-medias-narrow-colonial-definition-of-corruption