> Any examples of nations that succeeded in this regard? (currently corruption-free states)
It's all a matter of degrees of course, but Singapore and Switzerland spring to mind.
I'm not claiming either is corruption-free (there is no such thing unfortunately), but in terms of comparables, it's night and day between these nations and many other countries.
I'm really rooting for Ukraine here, and it looks like they are well on their way to succeeding pushing Russia out.
But the corruption issue ... for this particular problem, old habits unfortunately die really, really hard.
When corruption has become interwoven into the fabric of a society the way it has in Ukraine, and for such a long time, rooting it out will be very, very hard.
This kind of stuff typically requires two generations to die out and a super strong, long-term political will.
> they left us reeling with their abrupt product decisions
This is what happens when you put a McKinsey consultant in the role of CEO of an organization where product managers run the asylum instead of engineers.
> “Over time, though, more people might be included, as intermediate rights organizations—unions, guilds, professional groups, and so on—start to play a role.”