What is Morally Right With Insider Trading?

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07/20/2005 Articles of Interest Tibor R. Machan

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Insider trading per se is obtaining information from non-public sources and using it for purposes of enhancing one’s financial advantage. Is there anything unethical or morally wrong in this exercise?

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