02266nam a22002417a 4500 20221222105950.0 221222b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 970670083565 AL eng 23 330.0151 RAGC V Raghunathan 67460 Corruption conundrum and other paradoxes and dilemmas New Delhi Penguin Group 2010 vi,222p. PB 20x13cm. Economics 450.00 ₹ 450.00 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. Paradox of Corruption 67461 Paradoxes of the Law 67462 Paradox of Financial Meltdown 67463 RAGHUNATHAN (V) 67464 ddc DB 226042 226042 0 0 ddc 0 0 ECO AL AL 2014-11-28 0 330.0151 RAGC D05309 2022-12-22 00:00:00 2022-12-22 DB Donated by V. T. Rajshekar