Lookin' out for number one.

Because during conflict economic policy typically deteriorates.

Do you think they're there pursuing their self interest?

This will be difficult.

And give whatever we want to produce for the self centered reason of our nation.

He claimed his share of the profits.

And we seek national advantage rather than global advantage.

So, it was not necessarily a bad thing.

To figure out the cash from operations from actually how much cash the operations are producing.

The entire framework of discussion, though conventional, is pretty misleading.

So ask yourself Who shall we trust to control cyberspace?

Many of you probably have never heard of this term.

And I think that the companies, organizations that are flourishing, whether they're profit, for profit, or somewhere in between, are animated by this purpose.

If they start to abuse their power, serving the interests of a selected few, instead of the common interest...

And women can no longer be both half the population and a special interest group.

They don't expect those of us in this chamber to agree on every issue.

I'll just abbreviate that as Nl.

It became this economic sanctuary, where they could do penance for their profit making tendencies at five cents on the dollar.

This is really important to pay attention to, because so many people say, oh, a company made this much.

And at least it'll give you a sense of how revenues, gross profit, operating profit, pre tax income and net income really are different.

And when people talk about earnings of a company, this is what they're talking about.

Minus 500,000.

Brokers struggling to make a profit don't always play by the book.

Our profit, once again, is 30,000.

This is what the owners of the company get before they pay the government.

(Laughter) But I know it's the bottom line, or one's perception of it, that motivates people in the end.

I'm not a charity commissioner.

Actually, this is the first step in fashion.

Meaning, in fact, that farmers are rational and profit minded just like everybody else.

But here you see it means very, very different things.

He wanted to be rich, and he wanted to be famous.

One blueprint for trouble, making collapse likely, is where there is a conflict of interest between the short term interest of the decision making elites and the long term interest of the society as a whole, especially if the elites are able to insulate themselves from the consequences of their actions.

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

And that's what these brands did.

Go ahead, eat.

So you've probably heard not only the term earnings, you've probably also heard the term earnings per share.

They buy more of your service and they tell more of their friends, which leads to more profit.

Our interests clash with theirs.

He uncovered troubling connections between funders of legal research and favorable results.

It's good for everybody.

Make it real.

And when I think of near term profits

Individual actors, by essentially pursuing their own self interested ends might be doing more for society than than if any of them actually tried to promote the overall well being of society.

Science comes first, but business comes a close fucking second.

Women's rights groups are going after sexual harassment.