I read that top 10 list, and to me, most of the points were arguable as to whether they were actually good or not.
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2. Creates Jobs
Due to the nature of Greed-driven capitalism, the economy becomes stronger, which therefore results in more company motivation and job creation. The more power companies have, the more wealth they generate, thus more opportunities are created for people to work with them.
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There is no correlation between quality of life and the strength of the economy (measured in GDP). You could just have equivalently stated that greed encourages outsourcing and the loss of jobs. The trickle-down effect is propaganda and not accurate at all. Greed also caused the employees for Enron severe hardship and the people of California to suffer rolling blackouts and the resulting economic losses.
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7. Stimulates the passion in life
Along with the human and economic factors, emotional displays play a part too. Without Greed, we would not desire to win at games, or succeed at work, etc.
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Huh? What you're saying is that wanting to be good at stuff is greedy?
Mostly, I think the Greed is Good crowd is just misdefining the word greed.
See the above quote from the 5th Element to see how this logic is turned to make evil good.