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I live in Brooklyn. The Hasidic "police" are called Shomrin. They're still around and give you an evil eye when you walk around "their" parts of the neighborhood. They beat up a gay black kid a little while ago. They bribe city officials and cops. And the head of their crew is a serial child rapist who was arrested this year.

In business school, one of my management textbooks listed examples of unethical actions to do as an employee, which included things like stealing, falsifying reports, and whistleblowing. That absolutely shocked me. Hell, it wasn't even subtle.

In my financial accounting 101 class, the first section of the textbook and syllabus were on ethics and the importance of regulation. The prof scoffed, told us to skip it and that it wouldn't be on the exams.

This- all in a school sending 95% of it's grads to investment banks and accounting firms. It's impossible to change the current culture of the financial world. But we're dooming ourselves by not addressing this issue with the industry's future leaders.

Outside of adding more regulation (which often seems skirted), what do you think we can do to stymie rampant "questionable business practices" in the private sector?

I love your cover of the Dire Straits' "Romeo & Juliet" on your live album (At the Point). It's my favorite song of all time and fits your voice/style so well.

What made you choose to cover it? And have you considered releasing a studio recording of it as well? (Because I would absolutely buy that)

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