> Gallup has launched a new corrup†ion index <http://www.galluppoll.com/
> content/?ci=25612>.
>
> Finland comes out as least corrupt. Canada comes out at #15, and the
> US comes in at #19, just below Uzbekistan. Venezuela, which has
> gotten dis'd on this score, does ok at #31 - just below Japan, ahead
> of Brazil ( #42) and Mexico and Germany (tied at #48) and way better
> than Italy (#82).
>
> Doug
Now this is about as useless as socio-political metrics get. In similar news gallop surveys national attitudes on violent crime rates. Everyone thinks they are higher than they are. Nothing like sampling the bias and neglecting any attempt to provide an objective baseline.