A exposé purporting to show that Bonn-based Fairtrade International (FLO),the world’s largest labeller of ethical goods, had failed in its oversight of a project in west Africa that supplies Limited Brands-owned Victoria’s Secret.  The project  was paying sub-par wages to children labouring in inhumane conditions and helps drive a wedge between FLO and FairTrade USA.

Corporations and governments are witnessing a resurgence of political and economic internationalism. Increasingly prominent issues such as the global financial crisis, the environment, human rights, the developing world, and trade policy have galvanized efforts by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international governmental organizations to become more deeply involved in government and...

But we need a user’s manual for capitalism — one that somehow makes frighteningly evident the risks inherent in a lack of boundaries and that introduces an element of humility to the abilities we have to control and use information.

Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner need to join together and put an end to damaging, out-of-control rhetoric.

Polling data on confidence in business, confidence in Wall Street, executive pay and bonuses, attitudes toward regulation, and prestige, honesty, and trust.

Many Americans have a low opinion of politicians and businesspeople, viewing them as dishonest and immoral.

The House Ethics Committee issued reports on allegations involving a number of House members about lobbying, earmarks, and lawmaker trips to the Caribbean.

In "Wealth & Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism", AEI President Arthur C. Brooks and former White House official Peter Wehner explore America's system of democratic capitalism and find that the morality of capitalism depends on the cultural and social climate from which it emerges.