# Power and Greed

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- Authors: [Philippe Gigantes](https://www.bookquiver.com/philippe-gigantes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2003-03-27

## Description

This lively and fascinating book by a professor of history deals with human greed and power and how these determine world events. Gigantès takes the reader on a hair-raising journey through time, introducing on the one hand the great rule makers for just society, men such as Moses, Solon, Jesus and Muhammad, and on the other, the rule-breakers, termed 'Grand Acquisitors'. The latter, motivated by greed, use every means fair and foul to acquire more than their share - from the warring chieftains of early societies to the so-called robber barons of the nineteenth century and in our own times, the emergence of the superpower states.

## Editions

### Power and Greed

- Publisher: robinson
- ISBN: 978-18-4119-689-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2003-03-27
- Language: en_GB