Comments on: Regulating greed and stupidity? No chance, says Intel boss

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:35:19 +0000

If we had to regulate stupidity we would certainly have a tough time electing a government.

By: Idaho Jim

Idaho Jim — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:55:05 +0000

Wow, that’s one depressing article. Good reading though. How can the government regulate greed? It’s like telling the wind not to blow. Greed and fear. They’ve always been with us, and they always will. Trying to regulate them into little boxes will only make the problem worse. Remember – most problems start out as solutions.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:56:23 +0000

Greed is capitalism’s necessary evil. It usually “works” well, economically speaking, but comes at a high cost, including the worsening epidemic of “pleonexia” — i.e., debilitating greed affecting individuals — and the boom/bust cycles that are getting more frequent and more dangerous. For a good analysis of the valuable and toxic role of greed in consumer culture, read John F. Schumaker’s essay “In Greed We Trust” in The New Internationalist magazine. The link is:
http://www.newint.org/columns/essays/200 4/07/01/greed/

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:08:55 +0000

Yes the Free Market would love to stay free and not regulated so a few greedy can continue to cash in at the commoners expense………..but it is clear that does not work very well now doesn’t it. If unregulated Free Market worked well, we would not be where we are. So something must be done to prevent the greed and the stupidity. Will the first attempt to regulate be perfect? Perhaps not… but it sure is better than doing nothing and allowing the few greedy and stupid to continue taking us all for a plunge. Let’s just hope the pendulum does not swing too far and regulate too much. Terri in Washington State

By: russ in PA

russ in PA — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:06:06 +0000

Only big-government leftists like Bush, McCain, and Obama believe that it should be capped. Unless, of course, it is their own greed and stupidity, in which case they better get 700 billion right now to keep it subsidized, or else the world will end.