Greed was different in the Middle Ages. [View all]

[white_wolf]

I found this article rather interesting. It isn't about capitalism so much as how views on wealth and greed have changed over the centuries. What is acceptable behavior on Wall Street now, might very well get you killed in Medieval Europe. I also think that this is article is interesting in that since it shows that greed hasn't always been encourage, then maybe a future society will have even more negative attitude toward greed. I'll cross post it in the morning, but GD moves too fast for late night posts to really be seen and I thought it might be an interesting read her and open us help to a discussion on how different societies view money and wealth.

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/august/greed-middle-ages-080212.html