[a fool in paradise]

Critics say that greed is the driving force of capitalism

In the 1990s, one of the cheif arguments against impeachment of Bill Clinton was that it would hurt the stock market. And then the internet stock bubble burst anyway and hurt the market.

[MrB]

I always answer that “greed” accusation with

“which is more greedy, wanting to keep what you earned, or wanting to confiscate what someone else has earned?”