The greed-is-good ideology comes out of a school of right-wing economics whose central tenet is “incentives matter.” Forget the high-minded rhetoric about public duty, empathy or morals — the only way to reliably motivate people is by paying them to act the way you want them to, and to take away their money when they stop

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