greediness

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Minnesota’s greediness reminds us that the courts are watching as states tighten the vise of property tax systems on the poor and racially diverse.

That is the game, and it’s easier to criticize the “greediness” of the so-called face of a franchise than to scrutinize the finances of an intentionally faceless owner.

“In capitalism,” he told the Boston Globe in 2012, “greediness is something regarded as a good thing. However, if we rely too much on that, I think society will collapse.”

It could be that this penury was the catalyst for Bobby’s often-criticized “greediness” later in his career.

For years, policy makers and tech executives have sought to balance the inherent greediness of algorithms’ logic with the human-level fairness of their decisions.