Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Where to Draw a Line on Ethics


Last week, The New York Times reported that “faced with a run of criticism, including a popular movie, leaders of the American Economic Association, the world’s largest professional society for economists, founded in 1885, are considering a step that most other professions took a long time ago — adopting a code of ethical standards.”

As the American Economic Association begins its annual convention in Denver this week, should creating an ethical code for economists be at the top of its agenda?

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