Pull up a padded seat in the boardroom. In early May, something went tragically wrong on the Westralia - there was a fire, and people died. Last year, something went wrong with electricity, and Auckland was blacked out for weeks. A few days ago, something went wrong in Sydney's water system, and contamination spread across the city. The devil is in the contract.
Tax collectors carry Kalashnikovs, and Moscow dances to the tune of dodgy deals.
If it all gets too much, you can fast and douse in cold water out in the snow, like the Ivanovites. Russia, six years after privatisation. As governments struggle to pay for the education parents demand, schools will have to shape their own destinies, raise their own funds, and hire their own staff. It will be exciting for some. For others, no amount of spin-doctoring will save them.