As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.
More Quotes from David Korten:
In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.David Korten
If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.
David Korten
Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.
David Korten
There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.
David Korten
Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing.
David Korten
If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.
David Korten
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Society & Civilization QuotesBased on Keywords: rogue
If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.
Sherman Alexie
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.
Gloria Swanson
There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price.
Hernando Cortes