Well it sure would seem that way looking at the history of modern economics, but if you look at the principles highlighted by Adam Smith in ALL his books, you would see that ethics play a vital roll in the success of our modern economic juggernaut. 

The effort is there to improve business ethics, but the reality is human urges like greed and selfishness are evidently something that more often than not coincide with success in the business world… Further regulation and steeper penalties for violating laws should hopefully help, but scandals always seem to have a way of repeating themselves..

SOOO…. this topic is significantly more serious than the last, even threw in some ear plugs to concentrate…lame… Anyway there’s a few thoughts on that..

Cheers,

Pfins