My capstone project

The questions: What is the cost of conducting economics without ethics? Are the two compatible?

In an economic system where the end goal for both consumers and businessmen is seemingly to make as much money as possible, where does ethics, phrased simply as "doing the right thing", fit in? I plan to study specific examples where business was conducted with a stark lack of ethics, as well as business conducted ethically, and compare the end results. Then, to conclude, I plan on examining whether it's possible for business and economics to go hand in hand in our current economic system.

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The Big Short

The Big Short is a film that tells the story of real-life businessmen who profited from the economic collapse in 2008. I plan to show this film to students and have a discussion afterwards.

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​Interviews​

I plan on interviewing several people who are actively involved in the business industry to get their perspective on the possibility of conducting business ethically, as well as what a typical day in the world of economics looks like for them.

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Podcasts

The "Earth 2.0" series of podcasts on Freakonomics looks into what a perfect economic system would look like if we could rebuild from the ground up.

Readings

"On Ethics and Economics" by Amartya Sen, "Ethics in Economics" by Jonathan B. Wight, and "Ethics and Economics: New Perspectives" are three books I plan on using as major sources for my research.