On rational self-interest. Having recently concluded teaching an MBA business ethics course, I received unusual feedback from a student. He liked the course but told me that all of it should have been spent on covering the moral code of egoism—rational self-interest—because that is the code he liked the best and considered the most applicable ... MORE
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Showing posts with label fraud. Show all posts
Ken Silverman: The Clinton Foundation Has Served As A Vehicle To Launder Money And To Enrich Family Friends
Shaky foundations. After endless delays and excuses, the Clinton Foundation released its 2014 tax return as well as amended returns for the previous four years and an audit of its finances. That fulfilled a pledge made last April by Clinton Foundation acting CEO, Maura Pally, who acknowledged that the foundation had previously made a few unfortunate accounting “mistakes.” ... MORE
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Bill Clinton,
charity,
corruption,
crony capitalism,
cronyism,
financial,
fraud,
Hillary Clinton
Benjamin A. Rogge: The Case for Economic Freedom
The free market is about self-determination. I shall identify my brand of economics as that of economic freedom, and I shall define economic freedom as that set of economic arrangements that would exist in a society in which the government’s only function would be to prevent one man from using force or fraud against another — including ... MORE
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economics,
force,
fraud,
free market,
freedom,
laissez fare,
self-interest,
voluntary exchange
Walter E Williams: Cure For Racial Dishonesty
Cut the incentives. There have been several notable cases of racial fakery. Years ago, then-law professor Elizabeth "Fauxcahontas" Warren falsely claimed that her great-grandfather was Cherokee Indian. A diversity-starved Harvard University jumped at the opportunity to hire her. She was so good at the racial fakery that a 1997 Fordham Law ... MORE
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affirmative action,
classified,
deception,
diversity,
fraud,
government,
incentives,
politics,
race
Walter E Williams: You're What You Say You Are
Or, how to feel like a new woman! Rachel A. Dolezal, the recently resigned president of the Spokane, Washington, office of the NAACP, has come under a bit of controversy. Both of her parents are white, but for eight years, Dolezal claimed that she was black. In addition to her role as president of an NAACP chapter, Dolezal was an instructor of ... MORE
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deception,
dishonesty,
fraud,
incentives,
nitwittery,
political correctness,
politics,
race baiting
John Stossel: Green Lies
Propaganda piece "Blackfish" is full of lies. Millions go to SeaWorld to learn more about sea life and get closer to killer whales. But fewer go now because the documentary "Blackfish" exposed what one reporter called "the darker side" of SeaWorld. The movie, which CNN bought and ran over and over, tells how greedy businessmen take ... MORE
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alarmist,
animal rights,
animals,
deception,
dishonesty,
fraud,
green,
propaganda,
scare tactics
Walter E Williams: Educational Fraud
Perpetuating the damage. It would be unreasonable to expect a student with the reading,
writing and computing abilities of an eighth-grader to do well in
college. If such a student were admitted, his retention would require
that the college create dumbed-downed or phantom courses. The University
of North Carolina made this ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Voter Fraud And Voter I.D.
Democrats keep lying to blacks. One of the biggest voter frauds may be the idea promoted by Attorney General Eric Holder and others that there is no voter fraud, that laws requiring voters to have a photo identification are just attempts to suppress black voting. Reporter John Fund has written three books on voter fraud and a recent survey ... MORE
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deception,
Democrats,
dishonesty,
Eric Holder,
fraud,
race baiting,
vote-buying,
voter ID,
voting
Walter E Williams: Honesty And Trust
Two under-appreciated virtues. Dishonesty, lying and cheating are not treated with the right amount of opprobrium in today's society. To gain an appreciation for the significance of honesty and trust, consider what our day-to-day lives would be like if we couldn't trust anyone. When we purchase a bottle of 100 pills from our pharmacist, how many ... MORE
Jonah Goldberg: Is Disability The New Welfare?
Greater numbers of Americans seek benefits. The government in Britain recently did something interesting. It asked everyone receiving an “incapacity benefit” — through a disability program slowly being phased out under new reforms — to submit to a medical test to confirm they were too disabled to work. A third of recipients ... MORE
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disability,
entitlements,
fraud,
government,
incentives,
politics,
Social Security,
welfare state
EBT Abuse: Government's Cash-For-Drunkards Program
by Michelle Malkin. From New York to New Mexico and across the dependent plains, welfare recipients are getting sauced on the public dime. Drunk, besotted, bombed. But while politicians pay lip service to cutting government waste, fraud and abuse, they're doing very little in practice to stop the EBT party excesses. Where's the compassion for taxpayers? ... MORE
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