He who does not fear the sword he holds is not worthy of holding a sword. -Hisagi Shuuhei
Goodwin has done the seemingly impossible-he has made economics comprehensible and funny.
The corporation, like the psychopathic personality it resembles, is programmed to exploit others for profit.
The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good.
The notion that business and government are and should be partners is ubiquitous, unremarkable, and repeated like a mantra by leaders in both domains. It seems a compelling and innocuous idea - until you think about what it really means.
By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments.
Dodge v. Ford still stands for the legal principal that managers and directors have a legal duty to put the shareholders' interests above all others and no legal authority to serve any other interests - what has come to be known as "the best interests of the corporation" principal.
I am a lucky man. I have had a dream and it has come true, and that is not a thing that happens often to men.
The wicked will gnaw their tongues for anguish and pain; they will curse God and look upwards. There the dogs of hell, pride, malice, revenge, rage, horror, despair, continually devout them.
The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.
Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall. .