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Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 08 2012 @ 04:56 PM EDT |
Here's one definition:
Intense and selfish desire for something
The
key being:
Selfish: Lacking consideration for others
Whether or not
one's desire to put food on the table for the family should be considered greed
is really contextual with regards consideration for others - an honest day's
wage for an honest day's job.
So I guess whether or not one agrees with
your statement:
Greed, at least a little, is
useful
really depends on how one defines greed. To paraphrase what
you stated in the context of the definitions provided above:
A lack of
consideration for others, at least a little, is useful
Looking at the
sentence that way shows the sentiment itself is at least a bit selfish. The
only time "a lack of consideration for others is useful" is for the person that
is not part of the "others" group.
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Authored by: jjs on Sunday, June 10 2012 @ 08:43 AM EDT |
Actually, Adam Smith's "invisible hand" was the morality of the
business people. That assumes the business people have morality. Remember he
wrote in a time when Corporations did not exist - almost all business was small
businesses, the owner lived in the local area, his workers were his neighbors,
and he planned to keep the business going for decades.
Oh, and he wrote in Section V of "Wealth of Nations" that unless the
workers banded together, the business owners and government would collude to
keep them poor.
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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