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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (40671)1/26/2010 5:49:39 PM
From: TimF1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
Best Line I’ve Heard Today

by Don Boudreaux on January 26, 2010
in Myths and Fallacies

I’m at a conference in south Florida with Paul Rubin, a superb scholar of law and economics. Paul just observed that whenever there’s a corporate scandal, it’s typically blamed on an increase in greed, but when there’s a sex scandal, it’s never blamed on an increase in lust.

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# BV [Moderator] 4 hours ago
Aren't government scandals about greed too?

# J Cortez [Moderator] 4 hours ago in reply to BV
What are you talking about? Aren't those people supposed to be devoid of self interest? :)

# Methinks1776 [Moderator] 2 hours ago in reply to J Cortez
well, they're devoid of something.