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The real advances in such fields are happening in the private sector, where the profit motive fuels constant innovation.
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Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune Europe, 25 June 2024
One just needs to consider calls to reimagine capitalism, like those expressed at the Obama Foundation’s first Democracy Forum in 2022, and the wrangling over issues such as corporate social responsibility that can pit the profit motive against a sense of liberal purpose.
—Caroline Elkins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Financiers trusted the accuracy of credit ratings and risk models, even though these had been created by people with a profit motive and had never been tested in a crisis.
—Gillian Tett, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
At one level, BP has recently decided to diversify less because the company’s stockmarket returns were lower than desired – the profit motive is still a concern.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Alvaro Vargas Llosa, Fortune Europe, 25 June 2024
One just needs to consider calls to reimagine capitalism, like those expressed at the Obama Foundation’s first Democracy Forum in 2022, and the wrangling over issues such as corporate social responsibility that can pit the profit motive against a sense of liberal purpose.
—Caroline Elkins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
Financiers trusted the accuracy of credit ratings and risk models, even though these had been created by people with a profit motive and had never been tested in a crisis.
—Gillian Tett, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
At one level, BP has recently decided to diversify less because the company’s stockmarket returns were lower than desired – the profit motive is still a concern.
—Ian Palmer, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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