Category

Written By Yuen Yuen Ang

Categories (or typology) are a related set of concepts that help you notice and explain important differences.

  • In China’s Gilded Age (book) and Unbundling Corruption (article), Yuen Yuen Ang introduce a four-part typology of corruption: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, access money. This typology helps us distinguish among the four types of corruption and their effects.

  • The concept of access money, in particular, brings attention to the issue of institutionalized elite exchanges, often overlooked in global corruption metrics.

Yuen Yuen Ang https://www.yuenyuenang.org
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