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Fix Geithner's Gaffes

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Federal Bailout, Executive Compensation, Henry Paulson, Regulations, Ceo, Banks, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

When I hear our Treasury Secretary make a completely disingenuous point, it is impossible not to think that he isn't one of Wall Street's inside guys.

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Estrogen Will Not Cure Greed and Stupidity

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 03.11.2009 | World

Read More: Greed, Women, Iceland Economy, Elite, Iceland National Bankruptcy, Iceland Economic Crisis, Women and Politics, Ruling Elite, Iceland Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Iceland Economy Collapse, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

Any positive changes Iceland's PM and her female colleagues will bring about will be because they are in tune with the values of society at large, rather than the values of the current ruling elite.

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Companies, Like Countries, Need to Know What They Stand For

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Vision, Greed, Leadership, Strategy, Resilience, Roy Spence, Banking, Recession Watch, Money, Economy, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

Companies that think about what their business means to employees, customers and citizens, attract a different quality of person with that level of commitment.

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The Bigger Shame: The Rich Got Richer

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Working Life, The Rich, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Respectfully, we can rage about the spectacle of bonuses on Wall Street, but the real crime is this: while a fiscal crisis mushrooms, the richest Americans are let off the hook.

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Letter From Paris: Greed Heard Round The World

Beth Arnold | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, John Thain Bank of America, Greed, John Thain Bonus, Citigroup Bailout, French Strike, Vladimir Putin Russia, John Thain Merrill Lynch, Tibet, China Tibet, Corporate Greed, Davos 2009, China, Paris, World News
Beth Arnold

While banks and the auto industry have been bailed out, public transportation workers and other civil servants complain that small and medium businesses -- the people -- have gotten a big fat zero.

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CEOs Boosting Their Pensions While Workers Pensions go Poof

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Class Warfare, Working Life, Pensions, CEO Greed, Greed, American Greed, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Recession Fears, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Corporate Greed, Recession, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

CEOs are getting major boosts in their pensions, while the pensions of most Americans have either disappeared or take a major hit.

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When You Can't Find Wealth in Your Bank Account; Find Wealth In Your Heart

Jason Mannino | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Media, Wealth, Money, Economy, Greed, Consumerism, Materialism, Happiness, The Balanced Life, Living News
Jason Mannino

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. - Oscar Wilde Oscar Wil...

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President-Elect Obama, Tax The Rich To Keep Deficits Lower

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street, Taxes, Working Life, Financial Crisis, Deficits, Transactions Tax, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

When a political leader says the country will have to make some "very difficult choices", as Obama did, history instructs us that it is average people that get nailed. And it doesn't have to be that way.

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Duped: A Nation of Eaters

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Greed, The Apprentice, Donald Trump, Marion Nestle, Food Contamination, Food Crisis, Genetically Modified Corn, Genetically Engineered Foods, Revolving Door, Toxic, Genetically Modified Crops, Food Poisoning, Politics of Food, Michael Pollan, Health, Corporate Greed, Food Politics, Food, Vatican, Government Sachs, Genetically Engineered Crops, George Clooney, Michael Clayton, Gmo, Politics News
Robyn O'Brien

As I read about baby formulas and jars of salsa laced with who-knows-what, I was left slack-jawed.

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Conspiracy of Silence: Wage Collapse Caused Crisis

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Financial Crisis, Debt, Minimum Wage, Wages, Unions, Working Life, Working Class, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

If the lines had continued to track closely together as they did prior to the 1970s, the minimum wage would be more than $19 an hour.

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Tools

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Greed, Law Enforcement, Worldcom, S&L, Epa, Enron, Obama Administration, Republican Conservatives, Jaywalking, Fda, Bernie Madoff, Tools, Security and Exchange Commission, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Economic Corruption, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

Society does not work when it takes for granted the system's corruptibility. Make laws to protect society and expect them to be enforced.

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Spot the Next Madoff is Our New Parlor Game

Vicky Ward | Posted 01.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Corruption, Sumner Redstone, Greed, Sheldon Adelson, Wall Street, Joe Gregory, Bernie Madoff, Economy, Business News
Vicky Ward

Everyone is looking for the smallest sign that you might be both a broker and a victim of the credit crunch. In other words, did you fall for a Madoff, did you over-extend?

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Why Hedge Funds Got Played for Suckers by Madoff

Charles H. Green | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Greed, Ponzi Scheme, Bankruptcy, Bernard Madoff, Billionaires, Trust, Business News
Charles H. Green

In the days to come, the absence of regulatory action will be rightly noted. Where was the SEC? But at the same time, let's not forget the willingness of the sheep to be fleeced.

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Finally: The Death of "Greed Is Good"

Tom D'Antoni | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Greed, Recession, Ronald Reagan, Wall Street, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Greed Is Good, Business News
Tom D'Antoni

The Greed Is Good pack are thieves. They've stolen our money, our hope and any sense of safety we had. And then we rewarded their greed with more money.

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Automakers: Apology Accepted

Jim Wallis | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Market, Leadership, Greed, Leaders, Trust, Gm, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Backed Securities, Ford, Green, Compensation, Congress, Employee, Apology, Business, Corporations, Transparency, Automakers, Chrysler, Bailout, Stock, Sin, Big Three, Economy Special Focus, Detroit, Auto Bailout, Financial Crisis, Business News
Jim Wallis

If we are honest with ourselves, we realize that the very mistakes the leadership of GM, Chrysler, and Ford have made are all too recognizable in ourselves -- even if there are drastic differences of scale.

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Why Save Capitalism?

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Counterculture, Greed, Economy, Psychology, Spirituality and Consumerism, Militarism, Love, Spirituality, Sermon on the Mount, Business News
Stephen Mo Hanan

Consumers everywhere are in revolt. Not so much from choice as necessity. But what if we noticed that paying attention to real people was more rewarding than shopping or TV?

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Bush's Recession, Rooted in Self-Interest

Bob Burnett | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Greed, Politics, Economy, Economic Crisis, Recession, Citigroup, Politics News
Bob Burnett

The underlying cause of the current recession is the pervasive ideology of self-interest that has guided President Bush's administration and permeated mainstream American ethics.

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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You Got Screwed, CEOs Made a Fortune

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Greed, Class Warfare, Wall Street Journal, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Housing Crisis, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

This is a story that seems all too familiar: trillions of dollars in retirement and savings are gone, millions of jobs will be lost, and we're facing a severe economic crisis.

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Causes of the Collapse

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Greed, Eve, Barack Obama Grandmother, America Religion, Money, Economy, Eden, Adam, Retirement Plans, Bereishis, Family Values, Barack Obama, Religion, Cnn, Culprits of Collapse, Economic Collapse, Financial Meltdown, American Family, Financial Crisis, Consumers, Torah, Obama Jewish Voters, Living News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Sadly, religion in America seems incapable of rising to the challenge of giving people inner contentment and pulling them away from insatiable materialism.

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Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Moral Hazard, Bernanke, Hedge Funds, Consumer Spending, Greenspan, Fianacial Crisis, Greed, Treasury Department, Depression, Free Market Capitalism, Federal Reserve Bank, Market Confidence, James Suriwieki, Capitalism, Recession, Lehman Bros, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street Crash, Congressional Bailout, William Buitner, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Market Collapse, Business News
Danny Schechter

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

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How About The Redistribution of Poverty?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Greed, U.S. Economy, John McCain, Joe Biden, Wealth, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Americans don't fear socialism because it isn't going to happen. They don't fear the redistribution of wealth but the permanent distribution of poverty at their doorsteps.

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What Will Be Tomorrow?

Frank Schirrmacher | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Wall Street, Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Germany, Economy, Economic Crisis, Jared Diamond, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Frank Schirrmacher

Why do we live in a society that, having ruined its natural environment, is now about to knowingly ruin its social environment and the lives of an entire generation?

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Bank Regulation Isn't Enough, We Need Parasite Repellent

Philip Slater | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Addiction, Cultural Values, Greed, Recession, Global Warming, Happiness, Bank Crisis, Politics News
Philip Slater

Sure, it's always a good idea to lock your door when the crime rate is high, but it doesn't reduce the crime rate. The current crisis suggests we nee...

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The Audacity of Greed

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Greed, Shareholders, Neel Kashkari, Henry Paulson, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Economic Crisis, Audacity, Alan Greenspan, Politics News
Robyn O'Brien

As we stand by watching Henry Paulson use our taxpayer dollars for the government's leveraged buyout of Goldman Sachs, I am struck by the audacity of greed.

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