Posts Tagged ‘ corruption ’

Public sector inertia, Atlas shrugged in Australia, India by luxury train

Jul 1st, 2010 | By | Category: This morning's reading

Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. The Great Inertia Sector: A whistleblower’s account of council work where staff pull six-month sickies Monday morning, it’s 10am and I’m late for work – but there’s no point hurrying because even though I should have been at my desk 30 minutes ago, I know I’ll […]




Bribery crackdown profits lawyers & hurts business, The Oracle of Silicon Valley

May 17th, 2010 | By | Category: This morning's reading

Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. How Federal Crackdown on Bribery Hurts Business And Enriches Insiders – Forbes.com […] A former prosecutor, to be sure, does not work on the defense of the same case he had as a government lawyer. But there is nothing to stop prosecutors from ginning up cases […]




The way Matt Mullenweg works, Beyonce’s empire, the corruption of Britain

Jun 12th, 2009 | By | Category: This morning's reading

Morning Reading, selected articles of interest from various publications. The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg (founder of WordPress) I travel a lot, but when I’m in San Francisco, I usually work from home. Everyone else works from home, too. We’re a virtual company. We recently got an office on Pier 38, a five-minute walk from […]