Contents

Greed and Good divides into three major sections, each identified as a “book” in the table of contents below. To read online any particular Greed and Good section — or chapter within — just click the appropriate PDF file link.

Introduction	vii
Book One: The Case for Greed	1
Why We 'Need' Inequality	3
For Progress
Greed as an Incentive	5
For 'Justice'
The Greedy as Deserving	51
For Sweetness and Light
The Greedy as Benefactors	93
Jobs and Paychecks	95
Charity and Compassion	127
Culture and Art	139
A Case Not Made	153
Book Two: The Cost of Greed	155
The Price We Pay for Inequality	157
Economically
The Ineffective Enterprise	129
Gruesome Growth	195
Individually
Excess without Happiness	237
Professions without Pride	273
Sports without Winners	295
Wealth without Health	311
Socially
A Fraying Social Fabric	331
Environmentally
An Imperiled Natural World	359
Politically
A Dying Democracy	379
A Price Too High	409
Book Three: An End to Greed?	411
Alternatives to Inequality	413
Historic Struggles	415
Contemporary Options	457
Enter the Ten Times Rule
A Maximum Wage	479
Life in a Ten Times Rule America	503
A Strategy for Change	527
Looking Forward	549
Notes	553
Acknowledgements	637
Index	639

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