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By Philip Booth
Published: November 12 2009 18:11 | Last updated: November 12 2009 18:11
Many commentators have suggested that the root of the financial crisis is ethical. As such they have called for a renewal of virtue in financial markets. While virtuous behaviour may well lead to better outcomes, attention to ethical issues alone will not resolve the problems that caused the crash.
Pope John Paul II "“ not known for utilitarian views on the market economy "“ once wrote that it is important for self-interest and the interests of society as a whole to be brought into fruitful harmony. In the UK, Frank Field, an independent-minded Labour MP, has expressed similar views in the context of the welfare state. Their lessons are highly relevant. Governments and regulators have distorted incentives and, as a result, the self-interest of baners has not been in harmony with the interests of society and disaster has followed.
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