“We need to recognize that greed is dysfunctional economically. Adam Smith condemned making profit the bottom line for a business. The bottom line, he said, is to serve the public welfare. Profit is the reward a company gets for serving the public welfare. Billie Alban shared this: a Japanese auto executive recognized the precise moment that his company would surpass General Motors. It was when the head of GM said, 'We are not in the business of making cars. We're in the business of making money.'”*
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* Walter Wink.
When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nations (Kindle Locations 878-881). Kindle Edition.
Walter Wink (May 21, 1935 – May 10, 2012) was an American biblical scholar, theologian, and activist ...
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