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UrbScotty

(23,989 posts) Thu May 2, 2013, 09:01 AM May 2013

My thoughts turn to all who are unemployed, often as a result of a self-centred mindset bent on profit at any cost.

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@Pontifex: "self-centred mindset bent on profit at any cost" to blame for unemployment [View all] UrbScotty May 2013 OP

Pope John Paul II made similar statements. Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #1

No, Thorsten Veblen invented the term "predatory capitalism", in 1899 Fortinbras Armstrong May 2013 #6

Could you add some details and/or other excerpts kentauros May 2013 #2

Pontifex is the Pope's Twitter handle UrbScotty May 2013 #3

Okay, thank you. kentauros May 2013 #8

He also made a statement about the over 400 lives lost in Bangladesh: freshwest May 2013 #5