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...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...
...begin with, Times Square is not a square. It's actually more of a triangle, one created over the years by the convergence of Broadway, Seventh Avenue and every primal impulse--sex, power, greed, vanity, ambition--known to man. Or woman. Or, in these days of the sanitized 42nd Street, Mickey Mouse...
...network does a lot to solve the problem of the uninsured in America. A single payer system—a Medicare-style program that covers every American—would prevent redundant bureaucracy, enable effective cost control and ensure that no American is denied needed healthcare thanks to the greed of a private insurer. It is time to complete the work that Lyndon Johnson began in 1965; it is time to provide health insurance for everyone...
...economy and ripped off many individual investors. Nevertheless, taken together, they are a sign of the economy's robust health. Far better that a few greedheads get carried away than that we be worried that we are not getting the benefit of all the good, healthy, productive sort of greed that this country is capable of producing...
...fact, think of these unpopular figures as the canaries of capitalism. They precede us into the coal mine of greed, going farther than the rest of us dare, showing us where far enough becomes too far and perishing in the effort. They are martyrs of capitalism, dying financially so that others may prosper. Does no one have the simple guts to tell this truth...