While greed is commonly dismissed as simple selfishness, pathological greed involves the insatiable pursuit of wealth beyond any reasonable need. This form of greed has become increasingly prevalent ...

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. The seventh and last subject of this themed blog series is the sin of greed and its counter virtue of charity.

Every year, a health care think tank called the Lown Institute ranks the 10 worst examples of "profiteering and dysfunction" in health care and "honors" the winners. The "Shkreli Awards" are a kind of ...

Greed contributes to all the economic and financial woes of prosperous societies. The United States and other rich countries produce much more than is needed to support all of their people in comfort, ...

There is comedy in watching stock market participants explain their own behavior. Ask an investor why he bought at the top, and he will tell you, with total seriousness, that the fundamentals were ...