Thought for the day

"[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.


To read a fuller discussion see The Guardian by clicking here.

2 comments:

Ben Harris-Roxas said... / 28 October 2009 1:37 AM  

It terrifies me that there are still people who think statements like that are acceptable.

Salim Vohra said... / 28 October 2009 10:15 AM  

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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