I'd expect someone who thinks this is the way it's done, that this is the way America became the greatest, wealthiest nation on the planet, to flame the bejezzus out of me when I say things like, "free markets cannot function without an informed moral conscience of its participants." That would imply things like "rule of law," "sanctity of contract," and "trustworthiness.""
dog-eat-dog is for animals -- in fact, I'm not sure even dogs do it. If you want to ruin an economy for good, teach people that it's OK to fail to honor their commitments. It works every time. It's working again.
“free markets cannot function without an informed moral conscience of its participants.” That would imply things like “rule of law,” “sanctity of contract,” and “trustworthiness.”
AMEN TO YOU!
face it man, western civilization is a notoriously self centered culture with America being particularly guilty. It happens at all levels of the SEC spectrum too. You can’t expect the middle class to stand by on a sinking ship while the upper class steals all the life rafts. It is every man for himself and it always has been.