Mar 2, 2010

Más sobre el terremoto de Chile, o la pobreza mata:

Chile also has some of the world's strictest building codes. That makes sense for a country that straddles two massive tectonic plates. But having codes is one thing, enforcing them is another. The quality and consistency of enforcement is typically correlated to the wealth of nations. The poorer the country, the likelier people are to scrimp on rebar, or use poor quality concrete, or lie about compliance. In the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, thousands of children were buried under schools also built according to code.

2 comments:

  1. ...Asi que la pobreza fomenta la criminalidad de las empresas... La de los individuos no, pero la de las empresas, si. Lindo lindo. Sobre todo, coherente

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  2. ¿De qué hablas, anónimo? Las sociedades con mayores ingresos disponen de mayores medios para destinar a la seguridad.

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