--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozg...@...> wrote: > > WillyTex wrote: > > > >>> Maybe so, but not very many people take > >>> Economics in school until they reach the > >>> college level... > >>> > >>> > > Bhairitu: > > > > So greed is good? I don't think so.
"Greed is an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods; What exactly is the proper level of desire to possess wealth and goods? And that raises the question of the proper level of altruism. Most people, in practice, define proper desire for wealth and goods as "about what I have -- but more is way greedy." Until a new large raise. And proper altruism, "about what I give". At what level is atruism too much? (when it starts seriously affecting the amount of stuff I have) Todays level of desire for wealth and goods would have seemed totally greedy 100 years ago -- by most.Even 50 years ago. 50 years from now goldman sachs bonuses will seem barebones to many -- just making it.
