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Miserliness is not the same as greed. Miserliness is about refusing to spend money, not about making money. It may overlap with greed when it comes to paying
by Jiro 5y ago
Miserliness is not the same as greed. Miserliness is about refusing to spend money, not about making money. It may overlap with greed when it comes to paying low wages, but miserliness doesn't, in general, mean exploiting people.
- fuzzfactor 5y agoGood point but there is so much overlap. Sometimes exploitation can still be the root cause if it extends far enough up the food chain, many business owners can't afford to spend money any more freely than their employees or those at the very bottom.