60 Quotes About Corporate-greed

  • Author Ravindra Shukla
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    It does not matter how great the idea is (for these IPOs), they cannot be valued simply in billions. For that matter, no skill is worth billions. Look at the contrast here –Four hundred million for chucking somebody out and on the other side people losing their life savings at the age of 60 years? Where do you draw the line?Look at the gap.

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  • Author Eric Schlosser
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    The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.

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  • Author Shannon Alder
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    When the greedy executives of rich religions go before Him, they will say, "Remember me for who I was." And God will answer, "I do remember but you have forgotten who you use to be.

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  • Author Shane Bauer
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    How many times have such meetings been held throughout American history? How many times have men. be they private prison executives or convict lessees, gotten together to perform this ritual? They sit in company headquarters or legislative offices, far from their prisons or labor camps, and craft stories that soothe their consciences. They convince themselves, with remarkable ease, that they are in the business of punishment because it makes the world better, not because it makes them rich.

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  • Author Joshua Ferris
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    Layoffs were upon us. They had been rumored for months, but now it was official. If you were lucky, you could sue. If you were black, aged, female, Catholic, Jewish, gay, obese, or physically handicapped, at least you had grounds.

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