Greed and Capitalism

What kind of society isn't structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system.
- Milton Friedman

Friday, December 30, 2011

Princeton Brews Trouble for Us 1 Percenters: Michael Lewis - Bloomberg

Princeton Brews Trouble for Us 1 Percenters: Michael Lewis - Bloomberg:

Great writer who was quoted earlier...
 

Michael Lewis is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is the author of the best-sellers The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine; The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game; Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game; and Liar's Poker. After graduating from Princeton University and the London School of Economics, Lewis worked on the bond desk at Salomon Brothers, an experience he recounted in Liar's Poker, his first book. He left the financial world to become a journalist, writing on politics, finance and more for The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Slate and other publications. He is currently a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Lewis is also the author of Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood and The New New Thing. He lives in Berkeley, California.



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