Is greed the only way to form a strong economy?
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Excellent question.\n\nGreed weakens the economy.\n\nPeople need to work together, appreciate one another for what they are worth.  That is the right way to get rich.
1001496
This is an eternal question. Many profits and saviours have attempted to preach the same message of "live and let live" but sometimes it gets twisted out of greed, jealousy, anger and desperation.\nUntil we eliminate these there will never be peace on a universal level.
1010248
You do have some good points here,however I will have to say that alot of the consumers are greedy because the world has made them this way.If none of us were greedy then non of us would have to work so hard to make ends meet in order to barely survive.Grocery store for example:If the government was not greedy then the grocery stores would not be charged such high prices for the products and therefore we would not have to pay such high prices for food,we would therefore have more to share with others.Now you take the average person that is barely getting by and expect them to share what they do have?I do not think this is greed.Now you take the rich man that takes high dollar vacations or has two,three or more classic cars and still buying but will not donate a cent to the needy.This is greed.Now lets look at some more interesting facts,Some may disagree with me but I am entitled to my own opinion as with anyone else is entitled to their own opinions.Gas companies,The cost of gas has sky rocketed as we all know this.Some say the gas companies are getting rich due to what they hear on the profits of the companies.These profits or dollar figures are based on what the companies made over the last quarter.Is what nobody is looking at is the expenses of the companies.All of these companies are in debt and owe a fortune.Yes it is true that the made billions last year or last quarter but they also spent billions.The problem with this is the government all the way up to the president of the United States and the ones before him and so on.This country is so far in debt to other countries that there is no way to ever repay all the money.Sure,the country pays out alot of money each year but is what is not accounted for until next year is what we are barrowing at the same time.This is not greed either,It is called out of control and no way to recover.So to sum it all up,The only greed that I see is the rich one that thinks they have it all and has never worked a hard days work in their life and thinks they are way over everyone else and refuses to share.\n\nenough said\n\nGood luck and God bless you
1018514
It's all about the money, yes sir. All economic interests. Money rule the world. Do you think that the most powerful countries would agree to be considered the same with the poorest ones without getting anything? And nowadays the power of a state consits on its economic resources. Look at the EU and you'll find the answer. I live in a poor country and everybody around here is moritified because if my country will enter the EU all the prices will raise and the salaries will remain the same. A peaceful society would be one where money doesn't exist.
493920
The market will always have a place for good people. Live by the theory of creating your own economy and don't get caught up in what the media says the trend for the currect "market" is. With brains and perserverance you can make yourself succeed.
634266
It works fairly well as long as the country has a strong and stable economy and can support the peg with open market operations.  The problem is that countries who have a strong economy are the ones that are least likely to want a peg.  The weak countries want the peg so that the currency doesn't devalue too much, so they pick the peg.  It's really bad when they can't hold it up and they have to devalue as happened in Argentina.
255414
Aaaah....now you have unearthed the massive conspiracy known as capitalism of proverbs.  It's a plan cooked up by the big cheeses and fermented wines of large corporations [i.e., McDonald's and McMickey's and McGoofy's] to hack into your bank account and withdraw one penny every time you use the respective adages.  After you use the proverbs enough times, they will have withdrawn enough money to launch a new branch of restaurants.  These restaurants will churn out fried bits of cardboard for the general public, thus generating more income for the big cheeses and fermented wines.  And Elmer Fudd shall rule the universe.  \n\n\n\nWould you like fries with that?
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Absolutely not. Communism is a political ideology that seeks to establish a future classless, stateless social organization based upon common ownership of the means of production.  In theory, wouldn't it be great to live in a society where education, medical treatment and living costs were all free?  Greed is what causes communism to fail when it is put into practice, but then greed is also what causes democracy to fail in its own aspects.\n\nHowever, many of the major Communists like Marx, Stalin, Mao, and Lenin were all very intelligent people.
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Let's also not leave out the GREED FACTOR !
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My answer would have to be no, a country cannot develop economically without outside help. First of all, economic prosperity is dependent on commerce with other nations. A country cannot grow wealthy by spending its money within itself. Just as a business cannot be successful unless it buys and sells its product or service to others.\nThe United States would not have survived without trading with other nations. The original thirteen colonies took a huge chance when they declared their independence because the British were their main source of revenue. Aid from nation's such as France were what Kept America going at that time.\nThe United States is able to continually borrow money for the simple fact that we have sufficient resources to back our loans. I suppose that global lenders might consider us a good investment.
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You mean compared to altruism?  If you're too greedy and selfish to be altruistic, you aren't going to go out of your way to help someone else unless there's a payoff.  Hence, one firefighter might join because they care about saving lives, but another might join because they like the pay and benefits.\n\nGreed is actually a factor of immaturity though.  If you read through Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral and ethical development, you realize that greed is actually an expression of a LACK of morality, rather than having greed.  So as people grow, they hopefully mature into less greedy people.\n\nLook at different objects to covet and their effects:\n\nMoney - miserly\nFood - obesity\nFriends - shallowness\nPower - tyrant\nprivacy - avoidant personality disorder\nsecurity - paranoia\n\nShall I go on?  Greed is wanting too much.  Despite Adam Smith's statement to the contrary, greed is quite stupid, as was later proven by Game Theory.
272875
Money is the root of evil. But no one can survive without money. And without money happiness is hard to find. Really.
1099123
greed is the root of all evil because it will make you do evil things (steal, muder etc) greed goes beyond money, that is why i say greed is the root of all evil
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Not at all.  In order to spur economic growth it is best to give tax cuts to the poor.  They will spend it all which enlarges the econmy.  Giving tax cuts to the rich does not do this.
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Yes.  It comes from our primitive hunter-gatherer days.  Greed exists in all living things in this world, it is necessary for survival.  They (all living things) are greedy by taking advantage of the weak, it can be seen in nature and primitive tribes in the Amazon and Papua-New Guinea.  Some humans still participate in tribal warfare to steal women from neighboring tribes to propagate the species.  Some baby sharks eat the rest of their siblings while still in the womb before birth so they don't have to compete for the same food when they do come out (sorry run-on).  Even plants compete for the same sunshine, blocking sunlight from shorter plants therefore killing them--we know plants don't think, but can this be considered greed?  We (humans) are animals, whether we want to admit it or not.  Greed is natural and is all about survival.
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usually due to needs or money,greed
453106
Capitalism is an other word for greed. Communism is about sharing, neither work very well in its entirety. However some socialism in a mix with capitalism would work if you could get the capitalist to see that it would restore order to a chaotic society.