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Withdrawing from Afghanistan and the Impact of Global Corruption with Sarah Chayes

Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast

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What Is Corruption?

The word has the same really deep ambiguity in every language that I can say it in, meaning there's both a material and a kind of moral resonance to it. But let me go back to your first, the first half of the question and let's talk about like, what corruption is. In current English, someone has the Midas touch. Is that a positive or a negative? I think it's a positive, although it seems like sort of a pain in the ass if you're like, well, I mean, he's an interesting because the story of the myth is that it's a complete catastrophe. Why? Because it's infinite. It's money that's not about enough

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