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...ready for the silver screen. It's impossible to read this book and not think of the 2007 film There Will Be Blood, which put the ruthless business of land rights and oil drilling into sharp focus. Burrough's tome, though, is broader and explores not just the greed, wealth and risk of early twentieth century American oil prospecting, but also what it meant for the rest of the country beyond Texas. Lyndon Johnson, Dwight D. Eisenhower and George W. Bush are just three of the politicians who found themselves entangled with Texas oil dynasties chronicled in The Big Rich...
...cunning of his animated creation animated creation to counter suggestions he was an aging pigeon who'd been manipulated by business sharks. "To be accused by my own daughter, in the pages of the newspaper of reference, of being an old man, manipulated and deluded in his insatiable greed by the gnomes of finance, is already quite undignified," Uderzo said, before noting the irony of his daughter using language and imagery from the series to accuse its creator of selling out. "The accusation made against me is not only inspired by the appetite for power, it also aims to insult...
...Madoff admitted to his family that his entire career as one of the most successful money managers in the world was a fraud, the global economic collapse did not have a face. Men like Chuck Prince and Stan O'Neal were too bland and their sins were based on greed and stupidity not genius and deception...
...Infectious Greed (3,822 links) Blogger, Paul Kedrosky, is considered one the preeminent financial market pundits. His site reflects the perspective of a former technology analyst, institutional money manager, and venture capitalist. Infectious greed provides a running commentary on global markets, economic trends, and emerging business trends...
What Citi's history illustrates is that these are not new dilemmas and that they've never been perfectly resolved. Banks and financial systems are inherently fragile, beset by a natural tendency to careen from fear to greed and back. We're deep in the fear part of the cycle right now. So what should government...