Word: greed
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...scene inside eerily echoed my previous stint in California when the dotcoms were still in bloom. By the time I returned to the East coast in 2002 the country had grown weary of overhyped Websites, corporate greed and generally arrogant business people. The recession decimated the Silicon Valley economy as untold billions evaporated in the California sun. Many reckoned that it was the end of California's reign as a place that could fuel innovation or generate significant growth for the U.S. economy. World events took center stage, the military geared up for war and here at home we hunkered...
...demonstrators. The reaction this time?nothing, not a peep of protest?reflects how ruthlessly the Burmese junta has terrorized its own people. Washington's sanctions have boosted morale among Burma's embattled democrats, but they promise little apart from further poverty and desperation in a country ravaged by military greed and incompetence. The military is now a state within a state, with the best housing, education and healthcare reserved for soldiers and their families...
...offered her view that when things went to hell at Tyco, the Ivy League--educated, Waspy board of directors closed ranks and served up, in her words, the "Polack and the Jew" on a platter for a D.A. eager to make an example of somebody--anybody--for the corporate greed of the late '90s. (Never mind that there was no testimony about Kozlowski's roots or that Swartz is even Jewish.) That was the first indication that the soon-to-be-infamous Juror No. 4, Ruth Jordan, wasn't going to make our job any easier. Jordan, a law-school...
...Greed Ever Good? In his commentary "In Defense of Excess" [March 15], columnist Michael Kinsley proposed?somewhat facetiously, to be sure?that the greedy corporate executives currently on trial for their part in financial scandals are "martyrs of capitalism, dying financially so that others may prosper" and that such criminals are "a sign of the U.S. economy's robust health." Greed is unquestionably a part of the human condition, and in a healthy society there will be a moderate amount of greed. Excessive greed, however, is a sign of lack of judgment in those who have cannibalized their...
Like PBS's Antiques Roadshow, these shows are entertaining because they make good old-fashioned greed respectable, with a glossy topcoat of aesthetics. There are tasteful tips on lighting and open-house prep (bake cookies! put out a bowl of oranges!), but it's all foreplay for the ka-ching! moment when we find out how much a home sold for. "It's voyeurism on two levels," says Sell This House executive producer Robert Sharenow. "You want to peek at the underwear drawer, and you want to know 'How much did they...