Comments on: Insider Trading Laws = Information Socialism https://barelyablog.com/insider-trading-laws-information-socialism/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert Glisson https://barelyablog.com/insider-trading-laws-information-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-13490 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:24:13 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=31612#comment-13490 The whole thing comes back to “Middle Managers” working both sides of the aisle. Managers, nowadays, work for anyone, without any stake in whatever they work in or for. A government or private manager may switch to private and back to government or vice versa. They If they bumble the job, someone else has a job waiting, no ethics in the public or private sectors remain, with the exception of some private companies that still own an interest. Inside trades probably happen a lot more often than we know, just hid well, but if a company is not in league with the ‘good ol boys’ it can get tagged with the charge, guilty or not. Once the smear starts, there is no stopping it.

]]> By: Myron Pauli https://barelyablog.com/insider-trading-laws-information-socialism/comment-page-1/#comment-13465 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 02:06:08 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=31612#comment-13465 I’ve seen companies where some of the big shots screwed the rest of the firm for their own interests.
It is also possible for an “insider” to generate false information with the purpose of manipulating marginal fluctuations up and down. On the other hand, it is quite likely that any governmental intervention would constitute a cure far worse than any (real or imagined) disease.

Having stated my profound skepticism over some sleazy corporate big shots AND zealous government prosecutors, I freely admit my non-expertise.

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