SEC Charges Cetera with Fraud

“In a case that turns on the adequacy of conflict-of-interest disclosures, the SEC inexplicably excludes many relevant disclosures,” Cetera Advisors and Cetera Advisor Networks wrote in a partial motion to dismiss claims the SEC filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in August. “In particular, the SEC Read more…

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A 2020 Perspective

“I believe any person can change the world (which is why I write) but changing the world in not everyone’s duty. It is however each person’s obligation not to detract from the greater good!” Kevin J Palmer  

Kevin Palmer Author

 What is Behavioral Economics

Behavioral Economics REVIEWED BY WILL KENTON Behavioral Economics is the study of psychology as it relates to the economic decision-making processes of individuals and institutions. The two most important questions in this field are: Are economists’ assumptions of utility or profit maximization good approximations of real people’s behavior? Do individuals maximize subjective Read more…

Political Correctness

The Successes and Excesses of Political Correctness The debate over the term and its meaning is coming back. It also never really went away. By Tyler Cowen Stomping on principle. Photographer: AFP Contributor/AFP Tyler Cowen is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University Read more…