Word: 12d
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moral duty for a person to choose the most profitable occupation he could. Yet there were limits to what was considered a fair return; in 1644, one Robert Keane, a pillar of the church in Boston, was fined ?200 for making more than sixpence profit on the shilling (12d). Businessmen, who work hard to maximize their profits, nonetheless constantly fear public disapproval of large profits. "The more profitable and successful the business," laments Detroit's Henry Ford II, "the more it is likely to be a target of suspicion and unwelcome attention, the more its critics will cry greed...