Even for recidivist companies, the profits they might gain defrauding the public can outweigh the cost of any possible enforcement action.

FORBES: Fraud Shouldn't Be So Rewarding

In America meditation was judged to be just the tonic for a variety of people ranging from underperforming executives to recidivist prisoners.

ECONOMIST: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

These waivers allow recidivist firms like JPMorgan Chase, which has settled six fraud cases in the last 13 years, to sin again and again.

FORBES: SEC Plays "Patty Cake" with Big Banks

Unlike Latin American governments, some of whom are recidivist bad debtors, Caribbean countries, with stable currencies and democracies, until recently looked like good risks.

ECONOMIST: Debt in the Caribbean

This measure would help target recidivist conduct.

FORBES: Fraud Shouldn't Be So Rewarding