Should Economists Care About Ethics?
By Jonathan Wight
Whether conscious of it or not, economists rely on ethical norms and principles to carry out research and to inform policy choices....
Luxury Taxation, Good for Economic Development?
By Patrick Imam
Developing countries are struggling to mobilise resources to finance social and infrastructural development. The author argues that one avenue is to tax...
Where Have All the American Banks Gone?
By Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla
With the evolution of banking over the years, many banks have flourished and declined in America. It has...
Ethics in Finance: Why is it such a problem?
By John Hendry
Despite the best efforts of all concerned, the financial sector continues to have a bad reputation for illegal and unethical behaviour and...
The Fallacy of Measurement
By Mark Esposito and Terence Tse
In the past two decades, the number of performance indices has proliferated substantially. There are good reasons why performance indices have blossomed:...
Regulation and Culture Change in Banks
By John Mellor
Responses from regulators to the failures in bank governance and standards of conduct revealed by the crisis of 2007-2008 will fall short...
The Role of Ethical Finance in the Well Being of the 21st Century Societies
By Sofia Santos
According to the Report produced by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, chaired by Joseph Stiglitz, it...
Will There be Such a ‘Think’ as Responsible Investment Banking One Day?
By Karen Wendt
In this article, Karen Wendt, the editor of Responsible Investment Banking: Risk Management Frameworks, Sustainable Financial Innovation and Softlaw Standards, gives our...
Greek Parliament Passes Debt Agreement, but European Democracy is on its Knees
By Jonathan Hopkin
Almost as soon as the Greek deal was agreed, it began to come apart at the seams. Passage of the necessary legislation...
Boards Face Leadership Crisis In Changing Times
By Andrew Kakabadse
Boards can prove easy targets for their critics. Below, Andrew Kakabadse discusses how to make boards work, and argues that directors should...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
