tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679605725734094223.post4752305241241559952..comments2023-09-01T09:19:54.827-04:00Comments on Calvin Economics: Why can't the banking industry solve its ethics problem?Steven McMullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07750329696926917789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1679605725734094223.post-35563121196247301182014-08-01T11:10:42.664-04:002014-08-01T11:10:42.664-04:00Hey, if you want an interesting contrast to this a...Hey, if you want an interesting contrast to this article, look at today's David Brooks column:<br /> <br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/opinion/david-brooks-the-character-factory.html?ref=opinion<br /> <br />I guess it's okay for bankers not to have what most of us see as "character" - they have money, after all, which we see increasingly as the absolute gold standard measure of personal worth. [That, after all, is how bankers justify their "need" for more money than they can possibly use.] The poor, without money, are left with exhortations to develop "character". A distant second to money, of course, but still laudable. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549319153607676225noreply@blogger.com