Commentary: Time to Take A New Look at 'Too Big to Fail'
Four years after the biggest economic meltdown since the great depression, the effects are still being felt across the country. And besides the basic toll on the economy, the government’s response to...
View ArticleCommentary: Don't Deduct the Fine After Doing the Crime
From the financial crisis of 2008 to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico – recent events have put corporate crimes in the spotlight. But what happens when corporations try to use the tax code to skirt...
View ArticleCommentary: When Things Go Wrong, Corporations Need to Take Responsibility
What happens when society fails to care about people? And why do our priorities as individuals differ so much from our actions as businesses and lawmakers? In this edition of Valley Public Radio's...
View ArticleCommentary: With Liberty and Justice For... Some?
The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin has sparked a national dialogue about race and justice. In this edition of Valley Public Radio’s commentary series The Moral Is Ida...
View ArticleCommentary: Privatization Doesn't Always Pay Off
Is it more efficient for local and state governments to privatize provision of government services to save money? In this edition of Valley Public Radio’s commentary series The Moral Is Ida Jones,...
View ArticleCommentary: Time For Bailouts To End
Taxpayers have already bailed out banks during the past several years and now one of them wants to get bailed out again. In this edition of Valley Public Radio’s commentary series The Moral Is, Ida...
View ArticleCommentary: CEOs Shouldn't Escape Criminal Charges In Economic Crisis
While the nation has finally recovered most of the jobs lost in the recession, and the stock market has reached all time highs, if you ask many people, the economic downturn that began in 2008 doesn’t...
View ArticleCommentary: It's Time To End Corporate Personhood
There’s been a great deal of news lately about the way money and politics interact and wind up influencing our system of governance. In today’s edition of FM89’s commentary series The Moral Is, Fresno...
View ArticleCommentary: Racial Bias In Policing Makes Those 'Living While Black' Nervous...
What happens if you do all the right things as you pursue the American dream? You graduate from high school. Then college. You work for one employer 25 years, rising from administrative assistant to...
View ArticleCommentary: When Grand Juries Fail, Civil Courts Should Hold Cops Liable
In this edition of Valley Public Radio’s commentary series The Moral Is Ida Jones, a professor of Business Law at Fresno State, argues that civil remedies may be the only recourse to reduce the number...
View ArticleCommentary: Is Tort Reform Really Necessary?
Many business groups across the country routinely call for changes to the legal system to reduce what they call frivolous lawsuits – something called tort reform. But in this edition of FM89’s...
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