To a follower of Ayn Rand, human nature is seen as inherently self-centered and greedy. But to Rand, letting that greed go hog wild (the best of all possible worlds) should work out for the best for all, rather than causing a bubble/crisis. (Is this an accurate interpretation?)
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:24 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > The pathetic little imbecile Alan Greenspan continues to blame > everyone except himself: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8244600.stm > ------------------------------snip > During the interview for BBC Two's The Love of Money series, the > former Fed chief said the current economic crisis was a "once in a > century type of event", and one that he did not expect to witness. > > Blamed by some for not doing more to prevent the crisis, Mr Greenspan > denied any responsibility for the problems gripping the global > economy. > > "It's human nature, unless somebody can find a way to change human > nature, we will have more crises and none of them will look like this > because no two crises have anything in common, except human nature." > > > > > -raghu. > > > > -- > Today is National Existential Ennui Awareness Day. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
