Academic Economists to Consider Ethics Code; New York Times, 12/31/10

Sewell Chan, New York Times; Academic Economists to Consider Ethics Code:

"Academic economists, particularly those active in policy debates in Washington and Wall Street, are facing greater scrutiny of their outside activities these days. Faced with a run of criticism, including a popular movie, leaders of the American Economic Association, the world’s largest professional society for economists, founded in 1885, are considering a step that most other professions took a long time ago — adopting a code of ethical standards."