Fortunately the cleansing process has started to break the '
Greed Networks' of the past.
Verburg highlights how these thinkers sought to construct a science of economics that solely assumed market actors were motivated by
greed. He understands this generation of economic thinkers as offering a thinner, more abstract understanding of market activity than Smith and his contemporaries.
Now we have an idea of who among the lawmakers are afflicted with
greed, moderate
greed and insatiable
greed.
The aim is to answer critical questions--such as "How greedy is a country or a person?"--and to put forward recommendations for using the
greed line as a principle for sustainability.
And I'm sure Lady
Greed has needed every penny of her BHS bonanza to keep her in nips, tucks, toy dogs and too-tight leather trousers.
There is a major debate at the moment around executive
greed.
When I started writing
Greed, very few people were talking about how the world actually works.
The researchers determined
greed based on factors including perks (private jets, company cars, etc.) for the CEO, total pay relative to the company's next-highest-paid executive, and business size (larger firms' CEOs often deserve higher pay).
All of these start with healthy pursuits, such as ambition (that turns into
greed), self-esteem (that turns into destructive ego) and comfort (that turns into materialism).
These are destined to be left behind while the spoils should go to those at the top motivated by
greed. Yes, said London's mayor, echoing Gordon Gecko,
greed is good with envy "a spur to economic activity."
In a hugely provocative speech, London mayor Boris Johnson has launched the latest phase in his undeclared bid to become Tory leader by invoking the Thatcherite "
greed is good" slogan and suggesting that people with low IQs can never succeed.
Los Angeles, CA, August 13, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The
Greed of Men, a feature film by actor, filmmaker Jeremy Fultz and cinematographer, editor Douglas Brian Miller -- DoingTime Productions will be screening at the 2013 Action on Film International Film Festival in Monrovia, California August 21st at 2pm.