Quotable: "Heedless self-interest"

FDR second inaugural address, January 20, 1937 Economic fundamentalism
FDR makes his point

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics."

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the United States
Second inaugural address, January 20, 1937

Posted by 3Dsound at Saturday, November 08, 2008 9:18 PM
Categories: quotable, avarice, economic fundamentalism, Great Recession, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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