"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works... has marked the upward surge of mankind." - Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.
"The capitalist, under penalty of failure, must engage in the unending pursuit of riches, which inevitably becomes a kind of madness." - Observations from Otto Fenichel's early psychoanalysis.
"While greed may serve survival and economic growth, it can also manifest as a harmful and exploitative force in society, leading to inequality and crises."
Keynes argued that the love of money could be turned into something good, as society often justifies ruthless greed as morally impressive.
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