Sentences with phrase «to greed»

Many of the things we do not like to see in people — duplicity, greed, malice, and selfishness — she was completely innocent of.
Whatever happens though, Bitcoin Cash's birth has shown that markets can be manipulated with just a bit of computing power, a participating exchange, and a healthy dose of greed.
Attorney General Sessions» decision to restrict states» ability to legalize and decriminalize marijuana is either willfully ignorant of the medical science or an act of greed on behalf of the pharmaceutical industry.
Believing that blockchain will be impervious to greed ignores the fact that anything created by a human can be manipulated by a human — especially if there is a financial incentive.
Roland Chalupka, Fiduciary Trust Canada's chief investment officer, thinks these factors magnify the classic cycle of fear and greed.
While Belfort's methods may change over the course of his career, his underlying motivations — greed and self - interest — remain a constant.
But if you're bookish (or even somewhat of a history buff), it only takes a stroll down memory lane to understand that many of these current issues have actually been around since the dawn of time, as have the suggested solutions to the age - old problems of greed, ignorance, inequality and suppression.
Unlike fire, the written word, gunpowder, the wheel, modern monetary systems, political parties, nuclear energy, television, the internet, Facebook, and Twitter, blockchain will be unique among all the other things human beings have invented and will be impervious to corruption, greed, and the lust for power.
The greed that previously drove buying behaviour turns into fear that prices will fall indefinitely.
There is a lot of fear and greed, but that aside there is a redefining the concept of value in the virtual world with new mechanisms for value exchange.»
Or you could think of it as a version of the greater fool theory — you want to be sure there's at least one bigger sucker than you willing to buy your goodies when you finally get over your growing greed and decide that it's time to go.
I would worry that the government needs to make an example out of someone or some company given all the greed and excesses that Silicon Valley has come to represent.
When he was up for parole, he struck a penitent note, telling the New York State parole panel, «It was greed, pure and simple.»
If you believe pop culture, the top of the business world might seem something like the 80s movie Wall Street — competition is fierce, rivalries are plenty, and greed is good.
Was it ambition, greed, or naïvité that did her in?
But, if the Netscape era was driven by greed, it was — with a hat - tip to Gordon Gekko — a good greed.
For some, it's a sign that it's time to stop apologizing — that greed might be good again.
Nobu Kumagai, founder and managing partner of Wildcard Incubator, who points out that greed can be a cause of failure.
Their allegiance was met by this unholy alliance of perfidious greed devolving rapidly into the audacity of vituperative unparalleled predatory rapacity.
«This has nothing to do with greed for Garth.
External greed will force you to lose customers and community (pricing, extra services, economic impact, etc.).
Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.»
Most are motivated by greed.
We don't know whether officials who lather slavish praise on Xi actually believe anything of what they say or are acting out purely out of fear and greed.
Sometimes — especially in the startup world — what exists behind the buzzwords is little more than ruthless ambition and unrestrained greed wrapped in good PR.
An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double - dealings up to date twenty years after the famed deal.
«But the price in this case, in my opinion, was not set by greed
«Through unprecedented access to the players involved, he re-creates all the drama and turmoil of these turbulent days, revealing never - before - disclosed details and recounting how, motivated as often by ego and greed as by fear and self - preservation, the most powerful men and women in finance and politics decided the fate of the world's economy.»
Does the experience reflect an attitude of generosity, rather than one of greed or manipulation?
Recency bias also helps explain retail investor behavior during times of greed or panic.
What was once a truly beautiful place, full of vibrant people, has been horribly disfigured by the corruption, greed, nepotism and outright psychopathy of the Zanu - PF.
(But a word of caution: Smith is often wrongly thought to have encouraged greed.
But that won't prevent greed - crazed brokers and bankers from reacting to that old Wall Street maxim: «when the ducks are quacking, you better find something to feed them» (or your competition surely will).
And Kumar's transgression wasn't just about greed — he betrayed client confidentiality, the ultimate mortal sin at McKinsey.
Fear is a greater motivator than greed.
Heath points out that, when asked about what motivates wrongdoing, most people say it has a lot to do with greed, or with other deep character flaws.
People are going broke, losing their jobs, and fear more than greed rules the news and tries to rule thoughts.
The two main emotional drivers in the stock market are greed and fear.
So, when the markets are going up month after month without any sign of slowing down, our Cheshire cat grin of greed is secretly getting larger as we see our statements grow every month.
Canadian pundit Rex Murphy recently argued that if greed is the enemy, then the Occupy movement should forget Wall Street, and instead Occupy Hollywood.
«The leader has to recognize when negative emotions like frustration, impatience, anger, lack of self - confidence, jealousy, greed start to influence his thought processes,» writes the Dalai Lama and van den Muyzenberg in the The Leader's Way.
«The lack of investment, the greed, incompetence, corruption, hypocrisy and downright arrogance of people who put their interests ahead of the public's,» writes O'Shea, have decimated the newspaper sector more than the Internet ever could have.
On greed and fear: «We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.»
That's not to say that Buchholz buys the old Gordon Gekko mantra that greed is good.
No, don't worry, this isn't going to be one of those ill - conceived «greed is what makes capitalism work» diatribes.
Nonetheless, there are many who believe that greed is not just an enemy, but the enemy.
The real problem isn't greed, but rather institutional structures that reward antisocial behaviour.
Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gekko, does an excellent job of showing what power and greed can do as well as the importance of morals in the business world.
The ultimate lesson from the movie is that greed is not good, much like the message delivered in «Wall Street.»
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