Greed is a story about two local neighborhood thieves that find themselves in over their heads when they rob an unsuspecting truck driver. Their loyalty is tested by $50 million in diamonds. Greed turns the city of San Antonio upside down once the bounty is put out to find the missing diamonds, which belong to a drug lord in San Diego, California. Murder, kidnapping and mayhem follow throughout the journey as their greed slowly consumes them.
A chronicle of the events that led to the current economic troubles cites the promotion of the idea that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns, and traces the roles played by a few powerful individuals.
The NUMA crew must crack a baffling historical mystery in this thrilling novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure.
Two of the UK's leading economists call time on selfishness as the engine of prosperity The idea that people are basically driven by individualism and economic incentives, and that prosperity...
Originally published: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.
What makes the control of corruption so difficult and contested? Drawing on the insights of political science, economics and law, the expert contributors to this book offer diverse perspectives.
Soon there's a body in a lake and a murderer to be caught. A thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, Greed is Elfriede Jelinek's most accessible novel since The Piano Teacher.
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And as Laurence Leamer demonstrates in this captivating tale, because it's true, it's scarier than fiction.
Is lust a sin?
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