Economic Crusaders
June 5, 2001
M. Sadli*
| There is a theory that has currency among Indonesian economists and it goes like this: if our prospects improve due to luck—finding oil, for instance—it is almost certain the government's economic policies will worsen. This hypothesis is based on a simple idea, which is: if there's sugar, then there'll be plenty of ants. So, too, when good times roll, corruption rears its head. This is precisely what happened |