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Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – Goldman One-Ups Gordon Gekko, Says Jesus Embraced Greed
“The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest,” Goldman’s Griffiths said Oct. 20, his voice echoing around the gold-mosaic walls of St. Paul’s Cathedral, whose 365-feet-high dome towers over the City, London’s financial district. “We have to tolerate the ...
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The Sideshow — ... Taibbi: "Goldman Sachs international adviser Brian Griffiths explains it this way: that Christ's famous injunction to love others as one would love oneself actually means that one should love oneself as one would love oneself. This seemingly baffling outburst by a Goldman executive in what appears to have been a prepared speech - someone actually wrote this, and thought about it, before saying it out loud - gets even weirder when one tries to figure out what could possibly have motivated this person, and by extension his employer Goldman Sachs, to make such statements in ...

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skippy the bush kangaroo — ... to help protect its employees from swine flu, despite the cdc’s request that the medicine be reserved for at-risk people. - wsj blog 'deal journal'“the injunction of jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest....we have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieving greater prosperity and opportunity for all.” - brian griffiths, goldman sachs. matt taibbi thought this quote extolling jesus endorsed greed was from the onion. it wasn't. ...

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