Technology has rocked the business model for anyone delivering information content. Over the past three Conversations in Ethix we have examined what has happened in three such industries: the businesses of movies, television, and books. There is a similar case for newspapers and music. It is not just a question of reduced profits. The issue …
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Gloria Nelund is co-founder and CEO of TriLinc Global, an investment fund aimed at helping businesses in developing countries get loans. The goal is to achieve investor return while doing good. Previously, Gloria was CEO of the U.S. Private Wealth Management Division of Deutsche Bank.
Senate Passes Ban On Insider Trading The Wall Street Journal, February 3, 2012 After years of delay, Congress took a big step toward approving new rules to ban lawmakers from trading stocks based on information they pick up in the halls of Capitol Hill. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass the legislation called Stop Trading …
The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good by Robert H. Frank. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2011. xvi, 240 pp. Robert H. Frank is an economics professor at Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management. He is the author of three other popular books, author or co-author of two economics text books, …
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You By Eli Pariser, The Penguin Press, 2011, 308 pages. Eli Pariser is the board president and former executive director of the liberal website MoveOn.org, which at five million members is one of the largest citizens’ organizations in American politics. He has written op-eds for The …
