Now comes . . . The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation . Nor do I think reparations should be sought or class-action suits filed. But IBM and the Holocaust is very much worth reading. It reminds us that, where money is involved, pillars of the community may turn a blind eye, or worse.
Business is business.
It s government s job, not ours, some business folk feel, to set limits, draw boundaries, close loopholes. Our job is to make money , whoever the customer may be and whatever the consequences. Indeed, if we can keep government from setting those limits or closing those loopholes or if we can find new loopholes that s just smart business. Those who believe government regulation is all bad, government bureaucrats all dead weight, and an unfettered market the solution to all the world s problems, might read IBM and the Holocaust with this in mind.