# Three myths about corruption

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxPortofSpain
- Speaker: Afra Raymond
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/afra_raymond_three_myths_about_corruption)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Trinidad and Tobago amassed great wealth in the 1970s thanks to oil -- but 2 out of every 3 dollars earmarked for development ended up wasted or stolen. This fact has haunted Afra Raymond for 30 years. Shining a flashlight on a continued history of government corruption, Raymond gives us a reframing of financial crime.

## Lectures

1. [Three myths about corruption](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/afra_raymond_three_myths_about_corruption/0c4766218aa6), 18 min (TED's player)