The Jordan Harbinger Show

650: Brian Klaas | The Corruptible Influence of Power

Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) is an associate professor in global politics at University College London, host of the Power Corrupts podcast, and author of Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us.

What We Discuss with Brian Klaas:

  • How accurate was historian Lord Acton's assessment that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"?
  • Why do people become corrupt? Is it the system working on them from the outside or something in human nature working on them from within?
  • What kind of people become corrupt? Is everyone susceptible to corruption's temptations?
  • When it comes to corruption, should our leaders be held to higher standards than the rest of us?
  • How can we create fair systems to incentivize people to resist corruption in favor of the straight and narrow?
  • And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/650

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