At The Money: How Greed Became a Virtue
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The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed for the love of money is the root of all evil.
Greed was long seen as a vice, as selfish, as a waste of our time. It undercuts both our happiness and and our life satisfaction. Yet today, the pursuit of money seems to be everywhere. It's a driving factor in all of our lives.
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