Insider trading has received a great deal of bad press in recent decades. Nearly every article in the popular press that has been written about it views the practice in a negative light. However, the economics and legal literature are mixed on the issue. This article examines the economics and...

Numerous articles have been written on economic sanctions over the past few decades. Most papers take an overall approach, focusing on the utilities and dis-utilities of sanctions in general or on a specific sanction. While this paper also looks at general aspects of sanctions, it goes beyond...

This paper examines insider trading in light of the recent Supreme Court case of United States v. O'Hagan. The authors conclude that the Supreme Court left many questions unanswered and even raised some new questions. Unless Congress defines insider trading and clarifies what constitutes illegal...

One of the most salient features of the 21st century is the rising concern about economic inequality in many countries around the world to the point that it is assessed as “the defining challenge of our time.” Inequality has been observed with concern by multilateral organizations,...

This article examines corporate bailouts from several ethical perspectives. Utilitarian analysis concludes that bailouts cannot be ethically justified because the losers exceed the winners. Applying rights theory reaches the same conclusion for different reasons

This study focuses on the economic, ethical and cultural effects of international outsourcing, particularly in India. Outsourcing has been castigated in the press for being a domestic job killer in the US. But such a conclusion is one-sided because it only looks at the job-loss side of the coin....