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Neil Herman Jacoby was a university professor and public servant and was widely recognized as an expert on matters of taxation, finance, economic policy, and business-government relationships. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. September 1909 – 31. May 1979
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Neil H. Jacoby Quotes

“An institution is likely to be more searchingly appraised if attention is focused at the outset upon its faults rather than its virtues.”

Neil H. Jacoby

Source: Corporate Power and Social Responsibility: A Blueprint for the Future (1973), p. 3

“Payments made to, or extorted by, a corrupt bureaucracy can enable a socially chaotic system to function.”

Neil H. Jacoby

Source: Bribery and Extortion in World Business with Peter Nehemkis and Richard Eells (1977), p. 153

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