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		refurb on March 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Corruption Is Strangling U.S. Innovation (2012... I hate to nitpick, but that link points to a survey on the perception of corruption, not actual corruption. I know it's near impossible to measure actual corruption, but other data points would be helpful.

mtrimpe on March 21, 2014 [–]

I was wondering whether someone would nitpick about that, but given the audience I should've known.

It's the closest proxy we have though, especially given the subjective nature of corruption.

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