This is basi­cal­ly what I believe the Bible’s mes­sage on bribery to be: it is okay to give a bribe when nec­es­sary but nev­er okay to accept one. Con­trast Proverbs 21:14 with Exo­dus 23:8 (among many oth­er rel­e­vant pas­sages). Liv­ing in a fall­en world is com­plex.

Kaushik Basu named as World Bank chief econ­o­mist

Annie Lowrey has the scoop. Excerpt: A paper he released last year caused a bit of a stir: While advis­ing the Indi­an gov­ern­ment, Mr. Basu argued that coun­tries could reduce the inci­dence of “harassme…

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