Unfairness is Normal, But Why? A Clear Accounting

If you don’t know who’s in on the bid rigging before the tender goes out, isn’t that a job for you?

Shamelessness is normal. But why they’re shameless—that’s what matters.

Having a bottom line means you whistle the black哨 when they expect you to, and you don’t when they think you wouldn’t bother.

That’s what having a bottom line looks like.

Someone with a bottom line can sit at the table and work with others, because you can predict their moves. You know that if you put Pearl Harbor in front of them, they might shamelessly launch a sneak attack—but if you put a toilet there, they won’t.

Someone without a bottom line is impossible to work with, because you can’t figure out what they’re going to do next.