Main description: Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, Moral Markets makes the case that modern market exchange works only...

I have two separate but related topics to cover today. The first is a critical appraisal of the state of accounting research, and the second is an analysis of current trends in the regulation of accounting practices and where they are leading us. Research in accounting has been (with one or two...