>The US' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act[0] has, for example, done wonders >Until the late 90s, for example, most European countries allowed the tax deduction of

>The US' Foreign Corrupt Practices Act[0] has, for example, done wonders >Until the late 90s, for example, most European countries allowed the tax deduction of foreign bribes Very fair points However, what I would say is that without perverse incentives, the only thing between humanity and solving all of these problems, is incompetence. I think that for the most part, these people do know what they're doing. Also, you are right only so far that ostensibly this sort of corruption is rare. You don't hear about the people who were not caught. Just look at what is coming out of hollywood, and how long that took to come out, and yes there were figurative brief cases filled with money, one of them even discovered(1). 1-www.vulture.com/2017/10/harvey-weinstein-lawyer-david-boies-money-to-da-after-dropped-assault-case.html