Radix malorum est cupiditas. That is to say, greed (or in early English bibles, "the love of money") is the root of all evil. Money is a medium of exchange, a

Radix malorum est cupiditas. That is to say, greed (or in early English bibles, "the love of money") is the root of all evil. Money is a medium of exchange, a proxy token for barter. The need to have more than others (whether wealth in its various guises or power) is the corrupting influence. Or so the Pardoners would have us believe.