Greed [electronic resource] /
Brassey, A.editor.
Barber, S.editor.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Leadership.
Business ethics.
Economics.
Management science.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Management.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Business Ethics.
Economics, general.
Social Theory.
Management.