Browsing Quotes With Tag: greed (4)
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Just as the United States had managed to largely get rid of the problem of political corruption by making the bribery of legislators effectively legal (it was redefined as “lobbying”), so the problem of loan-sharking was brushed aside by making real interest rates of 25 percent, 50 percent, or even in some cases (for instance for payday loans) 120 percent annually, once typical only of organized crime, perfectly legal — and therefore, enforceable no longer by just hired goons and the sort of people who place mutilated animals on their victims’ doorsteps, but by judges, lawyers, bailiffs, and police.
Speaker: David GraeberSource: Debt: The First 5,000 YearsPosted: 10 Nov 2014 at 11:33 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.
Speaker: Will RogersPosted: 10 Nov 2014 at 10:46 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
Speaker: Mahatma GandhiSource: Thriving on LessPosted: 09 Feb 2014 at 5:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Speaker: Upton SinclairPosted: 14 Aug 2012 at 12:40 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!