Not adding much except maybe a tiny signal boost: capture.
Capture is the root of all evil in the way that various ancient/sacred texts said that “money is the root of all evil”.
President Truman was so poorly compensated by capture that they both increased the salary and created a pension because of how embarrassing it was that a President suffered personal financial hardship.
We don’t worry about that sort of thing these days.
Fwiw, the quote is actually “the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”
Essentially greed. If you really boil the root of evil down to its base, I think you’ll find pride is the true root. IMO pride is the root of greed itself too.
This is kind of funny because Keynes' liquidity preference concept can be loosely translated into a "love for money" but it is about not wanting to let go of money rather than earning it.
Capture is the root of all evil in the way that various ancient/sacred texts said that “money is the root of all evil”.
President Truman was so poorly compensated by capture that they both increased the salary and created a pension because of how embarrassing it was that a President suffered personal financial hardship.
We don’t worry about that sort of thing these days.