THE MASTER'S WHISTLE

Educating the Whistle - Blower

Blowing the Whistle

Leniency clauses, offering cartelists legal immunity if they blow the whistle on each other, is a recent anti-trust innovation. The authorities wish to thwart cartels and promote competition. This effect is not evident, however; whistle-blowing may enforce trust and collusion by providing a tool for cartelists to punish each other. We examine the impact of leniency law, and other rules, theoret...

The Masters Athlete

A recent increase in the number of masters athletes in the United States can be attributed to a growing population of more than 300 million people, an aging subpopulation of “baby boomers,” and a culture enamored with sports. To exemplify this increase, in 1987, the first National Senior Games had 2500 participants (all older than 50 years), which more than quadrupled to 10,100 participants in ...

Whistle for your wind.

Dyspnoea on exertion is the main complaint of patients with chronic obstructive airways disease. Any improvement in their breathlessness and exercise tolerance would substantially improve their quality of life.' Attempts have been made with both drugs and oxygen, but the former have only a partial effect and the benefits of long term domiciliary oxygen are restricted to those with severe hypoxa...

Blowing the whistle on health care fraud.

Medical technology is crucial to the health and welfare of our citizens. The industry provides us with early detection of diseases, safe and effective treatment options for the diseases that are detected and so on. It goes without saying that the marketing and sales of such devices and products should be based on their benefits to the patients, not on inappropriate incentives to the healthcare ...