TEN ROLE MODELS IN WICKEDNESS - 1

Sub-heading: Most Modern financial scams pale in comparison with those of earlier centuries. Morgen Witzel unveils his top ten of all-time villains

Petikan karangan ini bukanlah dari buku, walaupun ianya saya klasifikasikan di bawah tajuk 'DARI BUKU'  di dalam blog ini. Ianya dipetik dari Majallaah IFS School of Finance yang diterbitkan setiap bulan untuk ahli-ahlinya. IFS School of Finance ialah badan yang menggantikan Institute of Bankers London yang saya menjadi ahli No. S 10851 sejak tahun 1965, iaitu selama lebih 45 tahun. Oleh kerana majallah ini tidak dijual di pasaran maka saya bercadang menerbitkan karangan artikel bertajuk seperti di atas jika ada sambutan. Sebagai pengenalan saya turunkan empat 'quotation' sedutan yang menjadi sebahagian dari karangan ini yang boleh menggambarkan semangat intipati karangan. Sedutannya ialah:

WORDS OF WISDOM

The virtuous man, by means of his wealth, makes his personality more distinguished. The vicious man accumulates wealth at the expense of his life.

By Confucius, The Golden Mean

Might is right, and justice there is none.

By Walther von der Vogelweide, 13th Century poet.

The goose that lays the golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is taking the golden eggs laid by someone else's goose.

By Louis Brandeis, Other People's Money and What the Bankers Do With It.

Money is seldom the measure of much, once you have enough. I cannot be the only person to wonder what those people who have made one million pounds or dollars a year do with it all. Money isn't even necessarily the sign of success.

By Charles Handy, The Empty Raincoat.

There is something alarming to those who believe that commerce should be a peaceful pursuit, and who believe that moral law holds good throughout the entire range of human relations, in knowing that so large a body of young men in this country are connsciously or unconsciously growing up with the idea that business is war and that morals have nothing to do with its practice.

By Ida Tarbell. The History of the Standard Oil Company.

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