13 September 2003




"[A] market society was not inevitably an honest one." Duh.

An article about how people and businesses both view the other as undertaking "illegal, unfair and shady practices."

And the top ten violations by people are:
Crime / England & Wales / W Germany

Paid cash to avoid tax 34% / 54%

Kept money when overchanged 32% / 30%

Taken something from work 18% / 28%

Avoided paying TV licence 11% / 24% (???? Is this the Euro version of stealing cable ????)

Wrongly used identity cards 11% / 20%

Padded an insurance claim 7% / 22%

Asked official to break the rules 6% / 28%

Claimed wrongly for refunds 5% / 17%

Not disclosed faulty goods 8% / 13%

Deliberately misclaimed benefits 3% / 10%

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