Piltdown
When you invest or buy a pension do you go for the most ethical shares or the ones that provide the highest return?
It's easy to say "foul, greedy & heartless" but that's what people who invest in them (or get a pension from them) want - maximum return.
If ANY outfit doesn't make a profit how does it re-invest? You finish up like so many publicly owned outfits with declining infrastructure, lack of maintenance etc
The profit motive isn't brilliant but its the best mechanism we have.
Last edited by Heathrow Harry; 20th Aug 2017 at 08:33.