RT Article T1 Rejoinder to Bagus and Howden on Borrowing Short and Lending Long JF Journal of business ethics VO 100 IS 2 SP 229 OP 238 A1 Barnett, William T. A1 Block, Walter 1941- A2 Block, Walter 1941- LA English YR 2011 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785641719 AB In Barnett and Block (J Bus Ethics 88(4):711–716, 2009a), the present authors claim that borrowing short and lending long is fraudulent, and thus ought to be prohibited on legal grounds. Bagus and Howden (J Bus Ethics 90(3):399, 2009) take issue with our ethical analysis. The present paper is our response to these authors; it is an attempt to defend Barnett and Block (J Bus Ethics 88(4):711–716, 2009a) against the very interesting and important, although we believe, erroneous, criticisms of Bagus and Howden (J Bus Ethics 90(3):399, 2009). K1 continuum problem K1 Natural Law K1 Fractional reserves K1 Fraud K1 Banking DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0677-9