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"Everybody wants money. That's why they call it 'money'."
Post #42,991
by
jb4
6/20/02 9:23:33 AM
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"Everybody wants money. That's why they call it 'money'."
jb4
"I remember Harry S. Truman's sign on his desk. 'The buck stops here.' Strange how those words, while still true, mean something completely different today." -- Brandioch
What is wrong with business today?
- (
orion
)
- (54)
- June 12, 2002, 10:13:05 PM EDT
Kill all the lawyers
-NT
- (
bepatient
)
- June 12, 2002, 10:14:51 PM EDT
It depends on the kind of business
- (
ben_tilly
)
- June 12, 2002, 10:35:15 PM EDT
Litany of woe
- (
JayMehaffey
)
- June 12, 2002, 11:10:12 PM EDT
Oh, a very, very long time ago
- (
Andrew Grygus
)
- (6)
- June 13, 2002, 12:08:44 AM EDT
Re: Robber Barons
- (
drewk
)
- (5)
- June 13, 2002, 09:18:44 AM EDT
Athletes and Movie Stars
- (
bepatient
)
- June 13, 2002, 11:43:55 AM EDT
I don't think assembly working was "the lowes-paid"
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (3)
- June 13, 2002, 02:35:50 PM EDT
That would make it even worse
- (
drewk
)
- June 13, 2002, 02:45:32 PM EDT
Still is
- (
JayMehaffey
)
- (1)
- June 13, 2002, 03:33:12 PM EDT
Found some numbers
- (
drewk
)
- June 13, 2002, 04:08:17 PM EDT
Simple answer:
- (
jb4
)
- (33)
- June 13, 2002, 12:21:27 PM EDT
Shocking...
- (
ChrisR
)
- (32)
- June 13, 2002, 12:34:50 PM EDT
Yes making money
- (
orion
)
- June 13, 2002, 01:23:58 PM EDT
Nice try...
- (
jb4
)
- (30)
- June 14, 2002, 09:23:35 AM EDT
Nope, that's *still* not the purpose of a business
- (
drewk
)
- (22)
- June 14, 2002, 09:41:57 AM EDT
Slight difference.
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (1)
- June 14, 2002, 06:31:04 PM EDT
Hard to say it is for
- (
ben_tilly
)
- June 14, 2002, 09:17:58 PM EDT
OK, fair enough...
- (
jb4
)
- (19)
- June 17, 2002, 09:16:52 AM EDT
Stockholders = Investors
- (
ChrisR
)
- (18)
- June 17, 2002, 12:35:00 PM EDT
Good explanation.
- (
a6l6e6x
)
- June 17, 2002, 01:37:45 PM EDT
Yeah, I can see those dirty fingernails, alright...
- (
jb4
)
- (16)
- June 19, 2002, 01:31:20 PM EDT
Invalid assumption
- (
ChrisR
)
- (15)
- June 19, 2002, 02:36:05 PM EDT
OK, now I got you...
- (
jb4
)
- (3)
- June 19, 2002, 03:36:48 PM EDT
Side bets
- (
ChrisR
)
- (2)
- June 19, 2002, 06:05:49 PM EDT
I apparently didn't play at your casino...
- (
jb4
)
- (1)
- June 20, 2002, 09:19:03 AM EDT
The analogy assumes...
- (
ChrisR
)
- June 20, 2002, 02:53:22 PM EDT
While I agree, that's kind of orthogonal
- (
drewk
)
- (10)
- June 19, 2002, 04:05:09 PM EDT
Mixing up cause and effect - again.
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (6)
- June 19, 2002, 05:21:47 PM EDT
There's a distinction
- (
drewk
)
- (5)
- June 19, 2002, 05:40:47 PM EDT
How the hell did it come to exist
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (4)
- June 20, 2002, 10:53:28 AM EDT
You're still focused on *why you would invest*
- (
drewk
)
- (3)
- June 20, 2002, 12:22:42 PM EDT
Darn right I am.
- (
Arkadiy
)
- June 20, 2002, 01:48:14 PM EDT
Those Dot Coms employed a lot of people...
- (
ChrisR
)
- (1)
- June 20, 2002, 01:59:23 PM EDT
I think that your sane exposition makes clearer the
- (
Ashton
)
- June 20, 2002, 11:10:51 PM EDT
On movies
- (
ChrisR
)
- (2)
- June 19, 2002, 05:45:43 PM EDT
Oh I *know* it's wishful thinking
- (
drewk
)
- June 20, 2002, 09:15:57 AM EDT
"Everybody wants money. That's why they call it 'money'."
-NT
- (
jb4
)
- June 20, 2002, 09:23:33 AM EDT
It's all about making money.
- (
ChrisR
)
- (6)
- June 14, 2002, 10:26:44 AM EDT
This simple 'logic' might have sufficed before
- (
Ashton
)
- June 14, 2002, 04:41:29 PM EDT
Bullshit.
- (
CRConrad
)
- (4)
- June 14, 2002, 07:26:23 PM EDT
You are correct sir
- (
orion
)
- June 14, 2002, 10:30:02 PM EDT
Well said, Sir Cyclic...
- (
jb4
)
- June 17, 2002, 09:27:15 AM EDT
Could be?
- (
ChrisR
)
- (1)
- June 17, 2002, 02:13:13 PM EDT
A nice rebuttal.____But
- (
Ashton
)
- June 17, 2002, 03:32:40 PM EDT
It comes down to greed.
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (8)
- June 16, 2002, 12:08:58 PM EDT
Re: It comes down to greed.
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (7)
- June 16, 2002, 01:40:55 PM EDT
'Discretion' manages to put an upper-limit on 'wants'.
- (
Ashton
)
- June 16, 2002, 06:55:19 PM EDT
Re: It comes down to greed.
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (5)
- June 17, 2002, 12:13:12 AM EDT
Yes it does.
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (4)
- June 17, 2002, 10:39:01 AM EDT
I don't get your point.
- (
tuberculosis
)
- (3)
- June 17, 2002, 05:57:41 PM EDT
But 'quantizing' greed may be the Red Herring
- (
Ashton
)
- June 17, 2002, 06:41:51 PM EDT
My point is...
- (
Arkadiy
)
- (1)
- June 17, 2002, 08:54:21 PM EDT
Well I'm in a rare position this week
- (
tuberculosis
)
- June 17, 2002, 10:34:18 PM EDT
Re: What is wrong with business: the pictorial answer
- (
Ashton
)
- June 18, 2002, 02:59:32 AM EDT
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