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re: Excellent example.

Tom Brosz — 7/30/2006 2:42:07 AM (archived)

What's sad is that the heads of Enron are in the headlines every day, but the thousands of ethically-run successful corporations never make the news outside of the business pages. Small wonder are kids are brought up to believe businessmen are all crooks.

Media culture doesn't help. Try to remember the last TV show or movie featuring a big businessman where he wasn't a crook, or more often, a murdering crook. I can think of only two off hand, and one was a cartoon.

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Competing economic models - Daniel - 7/28/2006 2:17:30 PM
- re: Competing economic models - ER - 7/29/2006 12:20:41 AM
  - A brief digression - ER - 7/29/2006 3:23:42 PM
    - re: A brief digression - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 5:24:01 AM
      - re: A brief digression - Daniel - 7/30/2006 5:46:44 AM
        
        Yesterday's leftist was a fool! - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 6:21:03 AM
        
        just one question - Daniel - 7/30/2006 6:57:09 AM
        
        There'll be no need. - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 7:08:45 AM
        
        I fully agree - President Charles Logan - 7/30/2006 7:24:04 AM
    - Viaje a las Estrellas: La Ira de Khan - ER - 7/29/2006 6:57:43 PM
      - "Running a business is a skill, not a virtue." - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 8:38:17 PM
        
        re: "Running a business is a skill, not a virtue." - ER - 7/29/2006 8:51:12 PM
        
        Yes, I do. Excellent example. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 10:49:17 PM
        
        re: Yes, I do. Excellent example. - ER - 7/30/2006 12:01:33 AM
        
        re: Excellent example. - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 2:42:07 AM
        
        Senor Eastwood, meet Carter J. Burke - ER - 7/30/2006 3:39:23 AM
        
        I thought of two examples of a heroic businessman in films. How many can you come up with? - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 6:07:32 AM
        
        You're right, I can't come up with too many... - ER - 7/30/2006 1:22:40 PM
        
        re: You're right, I can't come up with too many... - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 8:46:51 PM
        
        white-collar heroism is difficult to portray because it is inherently boring (n/t) - alcaray - 7/31/2006 3:31:23 PM
        
        You have a point... - ER - 7/31/2006 3:47:54 PM
        
        A clarification... - Tom Brosz - 7/31/2006 7:04:58 PM
        
        Understood - ER - 7/31/2006 7:44:47 PM
        
        "No sillier", perhaps; but I would hope more convincing. (n/t) - ER - 7/30/2006 8:59:04 PM
        
        "right winger writing bad left wing agitprop" is correct - Tony - 7/30/2006 3:43:36 PM
        
        He gives himself away... - ER - 7/30/2006 7:06:39 PM
        
        I suspect no-one. - tony - 7/30/2006 7:58:26 PM
        
        I prefer not to speculate... (n/t) - ER - 7/30/2006 8:45:43 PM
        
        I resent that! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/30/2006 8:43:52 PM
        
        All businessman are depicted as heros. - Mark S. Nihil - 7/30/2006 6:59:27 AM
        
        BTW, Kirk in Spanish was a hoot... - ER - 7/30/2006 12:09:19 AM
    - only God is free of constraints (if you believe) - Daniel - 7/29/2006 5:55:29 PM
    - Okay, I read that one through twice. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:14:50 PM
  - I was trying to remember that one - Robert - 7/29/2006 1:07:23 AM
    - Ya think? - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 6:57:03 AM
    - Coercion has an exact meaning. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 6:49:05 AM
      - the only principle being pushed here is A MINIMUM LIVING WAGE - Daniel - 7/29/2006 11:07:28 AM
        
        "Living wage" - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 5:11:20 PM
        
        ok, you tell me then - Daniel - 7/29/2006 5:49:21 PM
        
        Obviously, minimum wage is a "livable" wage. - Tom Brosz - 7/29/2006 10:46:50 PM
        
        "Quite well on $5.15/hour" - dtb - 7/30/2006 2:49:58 PM
        
        I did say "as a student." - Tom Brosz - 7/30/2006 9:14:24 PM
        
        Students and minimum wage - dtb - 7/31/2006 1:03:30 AM
        
        thanks for that - Daniel - 7/31/2006 10:29:05 AM
        
        re: thanks - Tom Brosz - 7/31/2006 11:05:34 PM
        
        re: thanks - Daniel - 8/1/2006 1:25:44 AM
        
        Odd jobs - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2006 2:23:07 AM
        
        re: Odd jobs - Daniel - 8/1/2006 3:30:35 AM
        
        SSTO...I wish. - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2006 6:20:15 AM
        
        just to make clear - Daniel - 7/29/2006 6:12:00 PM

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