Appalling: "Stealing is not corruption" Corruption involves kickbacks, bribes to allow for activities that would lead to an economic gain otherwise unachievable by those not participating in the corruption. Stealing involves achieving value by extraordinary means not condoned by law. Stealing may not be === corruption, but it definitely is == corruption. Anything else is a lie you tell yourself when on the receiving end of a kickback. And the author is very very naiive to imagine that corruption is chump change. Nigeria has vast reserves of oil but horrible infrastructure; it's pretty obvious that the corruption is ruinous out there.