Corruption conundrum and other paradoxes and dilemmas (Record no. 226042)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 970670083565
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Transcribing agency AL
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
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Edition number 23
Classification number 330.0151
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Personal name V Raghunathan
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9 (RLIN) 67460
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Title Corruption conundrum and other paradoxes and dilemmas
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Group
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010
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Extent vi,222p.
Other physical details PB
Dimensions 20x13cm.
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Source of price type code Economics
Price amount 450.00
Currency code ₹
Unit of pricing 450.00
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Summary, etc. How can you be ‘a well-known secret agent’? Why is ‘th e only voting method that isn’t flawed a dictatorship’? How is it that ‘ Corruption is universally disapproved of, and yet universally practised’? The world of dilemmas and paradoxes touch our lives on a regular basis. In The Corruption Conundrum and Other Paradoxes and Dilemmas , V. Raghunathan , the author of the best-seller Games Indians Play , shares the charms of some of the more interesting examples allowing us to delight in the excitement, mystery, confusion, exasperation and that occasional flash of clarity and enlightenment often experienced when the world of paradoxes and dilemmas hits our own. The book takes the reader through some of the fascinating illustrations, classical and well known as well as the less common examples, in the field of management, finance and work life. Can two positives make a negative? Sample a charming little paradox discussed in the book—the blackmail paradox. ‘ It is perfectly legal if you gossip, reveal or threaten to reveal somebody’s secret (unless of course you are bound by a non-disclosure agreement). It is also perfectly legal to ask that somebody for some money. But if you undertake a combination of the two acts, each perfectly legal by itself, with respect to somebody, well you are a criminal, a blackmailer!’ Following the same easy, readable style of his previous best-seller, Games Indians Play , this new book should make absorbing reading and will certainly make you more curious about the world that surrounds us.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Paradox of Corruption
9 (RLIN) 67461
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Paradoxes of the Law
9 (RLIN) 67462
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Paradox of Financial Meltdown
9 (RLIN) 67463
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Personal name RAGHUNATHAN (V)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Economics St Aloysius Library St Aloysius Library 11/28/2014   330.0151 RAGC D05309 12/22/2022 12/22/2022 Donated Books Donated by V. T. Rajshekar