Are there different expectations about reciprocity and favors?
Well, it’s just that there are different institutional channels through which you can bribe your way. In America, we set up a very elaborate legal system where you can do bribery without penalty. If I contribute a million to the Democratic Party and a million to the Republican Party, I’m making a business investment–to buy, further down the road, certain legislation, tax relief, loop holes, or exemptions from some environmental impact thing. We never call this a bribe. That’s because in America we have these very elaborate schemes; we have laws. In Asian countries, they don’t have lawyers; they don’t have very elaborate legal systems because the societies are organized differently. A lot of business is based upon personal relations, especially family relations. There are certain social relations that you establish and these are the social institutions through which you extend favors and expect them in return. For instance, you might take on powerful politicians–or their children, wiv
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