28 September 2007

Greenspan and the Myth of the True Believer

Lookout by Naomi Klein

[from the October 15, 2007 issue]

The tall graduate student, visiting the United States from Sweden, would not be satisfied with a quip. He wanted answers.

"They cannot only be driven by greed and power. They must be driven by something higher. What?"

Don't knock power and greed, I tried to suggest--they have built empires. But he wanted more.

"What about a belief that they are building a better world?"

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