A lesser known book from Jane Jacobs: Systems of survivals.

Really great book on the nature of corruption. And really the problem with capitalism.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_of_Survival which points out her own dichotomous analysis which may be related to the liberal/conservative axis being discussed in another thread which I started...

I was coming here to say the same.

The two "moral syndromes" she describes are a great framework to understand why, for example, people cannot easily switch from business to government work: different moral systems apply (aka her "systems of survival").