At First Glance

At First Glance

A specter is haunting American capitalism—the specter of unrestrained greed. So it appears from a story by Anne Crittenden in the New York Times (August 19, 1984). She reports the fears expressed by many academic and business luminaries ranging from Nobel Prize economist James Tobin to Felix Rohatyn, the literary lion of Wall Street. The article’s subhead reads, ” …America’s corporate chiefs are losing sight of moral standards in the new frenzy to get rich...


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