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Sunday, February 08, 2009

Milton Friedman on greed

Greed gets a bad rep

(I found this video at Surly Beaver)

Posted by Hugh MacIntyre on February 8, 2009 in Economic freedom | Permalink

Comments

"Mal-distribution of wealth"

I think Phil came up with that right after he found out Oprah was making 10 times his salary.

Posted by: dp | 2009-02-08 12:00:33 PM


Wealth, when earned in a free market, is good for everyone. Greed is basically self interest. The more self interest the better. When it is government greed though, it is totally different.

Posted by: TM | 2009-02-08 5:24:30 PM


The more self interest the better. When it is government greed though, it is totally different.

Posted by: TM | 2009-02-08 5:24:30 PM


That's actually called graft.

Posted by: JC | 2009-02-08 9:05:21 PM



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