"[The public should] tolerate the inequality as a way of achieving greater prosperity for all."
Lord Griffiths, vice chair of Goldman Sachs,
speaking about bank employee bonuses in the UK.
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2 comments:
It terrifies me that there are still people who think statements like that are acceptable.
I know what you mean, it shows how far removed some people are from the public health value framework that they see inequality (or justify it) as a social good rather than a social bad.
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