Greed and the Super-Rich

Stephen Haseler and Henning Meyer

Chapter 2 in Greed, 2009, pp 21-41 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Greed, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is the ‘inordinate or insatiate longing, especially for wealth’.1 Greed is also personal. It is the force that drives people to (attempt to) endlessly accumulate wealth in all its forms. And because people cannot achieve the same level of success in the game of greed, it is also a driver that separates people within and between societies. This is an aspect of modern economic life that must not be overlooked and will be at the very heart of the analysis in this chapter.

Keywords: Private Equity; Gated Community; Oxford English Dictionary; Sunday Time; Great Corporation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230246157_3

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