Greed

This Book Is A Provocative Examination Of The Idea Of Greed From Various Perspectives, Drawing Together Experts From Academia, Politics And Business. Greed Explores Whether The Desire For Material Possession In Post-industrial Economies Is A Positive Or A Negative Phenomenon And Considers The Implications Of Greed On Society And The Global Economy--provided By Publisher. Edited By Alexis Brassey And Stephen Barber ; Foreword By Nicola Horlick. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind. As the world reels in the wake of a banking crisis, the likes of which have not been seen in a generation, attention is naturally turning to the role of greed. For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets, the simplest, most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. The prospects of easy, risk-free, large profits which caricature the instinct of international finance might seem a world away. But, whatever some commentators might like to portray, greed is not confined to the financial markets. Greed is not the preserve of bankers, traders and brokers operating in isolation of the society in which the rest of us reside. Greed is a big subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 7 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Foreword......Page 14 Introduction to Greed......Page 18 1 Greed and the Market......Page 22 2 Greed and the Super-Rich......Page 38 3 Greed or Competitive Firms?......Page 59 4 Back to the Future: Teaching the Greed Business......Page 81 5 The Disputable Truth of Economic Greed......Page 97 6 What Drives Man Toward Greed?......Page 111 7 Greed in Jewish Lore......Page 129 8 Condemning Greed? Catholic Perspectives......Page 140 9 Working with Greed: The Challenge of Inequalities......Page 160 10 Sufficiency not Greed: 'Consume Less, Share More, Enjoy Life'......Page 174 11 The Narrative of Consumption: Greed and Literature......Page 187 E......Page 205 L......Page 206 S......Page 207 Y......Page 208 Greed and the market / John Meadowcroft Greed and the super-rich / Stephen Haseler and Henning Meyer Greed or competitive firms? / Jocelyn Pixley Back to the future : teaching the greed business / Ken Starkey and Cary Cooper The disputable truth of economic greed / Stephen Barber What drives man toward greed? / Alexis Brassey Greed in Jewish lore / Jeremy Rosen Condemning greed? Catholic perspectives / Patrick Riordan Working with greed : the challenge of inequalities / Marco Roncarati Sufficiency not greed : 'consume less, share more, enjoy life' / Derek Wall The narrative of consumption : greed and literature / Linda Freedman.