> Corruption and Incompetence DO go hand in hand! Yes! There is a simpler reason to in addition to what the parent comment says. Corruption requires removing a

> Corruption and Incompetence DO go hand in hand! Yes! There is a simpler reason to in addition to what the parent comment says. Corruption requires removing accountability. When you remove it for moral reasons, you often lose accountability for all reasons in the process. If the act is done in the dark, not only can no one see if you're doing the right job (morally), they also can't see if you're doing job right (effectively). > How could anything measure Legal Corruption? One metric I know that I think hints at this is "time to open a business": https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.REG.DURS?most_recent_value_desc=true https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IC.REG.DURS?most_recent... That's a good proxy for how much corruption—legal or not—you have to navigate to get something done.