«All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others»

Prudential CEO Can Get Performance Award While Missing Target

By Andrew Frye
March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Prudential Financial Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Strangfeld, who told investors to expect return on equity of at least 13 percent next year, can miss that goal and still qualify for his performance share awards...

Wire: BLOOMBERG News (BN) Date: Mar 19 2012 15:11:42

State Capitalism at it's best

«The richest 70 members of China’s legislature added more to their wealth last year than the combined net worth of all 535 members of the U.S. Congress, the president, his cabinet, and the entire Supreme Court.»

(by Michael Forsythe)

Source: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-01/the-chinese-communist-partys-capitalist-elite

And at the end

«A complete life may be one ending in so full identification with the non-self that there is no self to die».

Bernard Berenson

Disconnect between what we profess and what we do

«There seems to be a disconnect between our professed love of democracy and how we’re so willing to accept a dictatorship every day we show up for work»

(Michael Moore, Capitalism: A Love Story, 2009)

Fear of poverty

«The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.»

(William James)

A day

A day spent by the soul in lamenting the death of the rights of the poor man and in weeping for the loss of justice is nobler than the age lost by a man in enjoyment of his appetite.

Kahlil Gibran

What you can have for money

For money you can have everything it is said. - No that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honour; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.

Arne Garborg