Forum Post: Wealth, as an Addiction

"But in the end, it was actually my absurdly wealthy bosses who helped me see the limitations of unlimited wealth. I was in a meeting with one of them, and a few other traders, and they were talking about the new hedge-fund regulations. Most everyone on Wall Street thought they were a bad idea. “But isn’t it better for the system as a whole?” I asked. The room went quiet, and my boss shot me a withering look. I remember his saying, “I don’t have the brain capacity to think about the system as a whole. All I’m concerned with is how this affects our company.”

I felt as if I’d been punched in the gut. He was afraid of losing money, despite all that he had."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/for-the-love-of-money.html?_r=4

What that addiction does.

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/18427-four-shocking-signs-of-further-income-redistribution-to-the-rich-in-just-one-year

And a light version of what it could be.

As in.......what if they shared with their workers?

http://www.freep.com/article/20140120/BUSINESS07/301200058/companies-shared-their-cash-with-employees