Money Lenders Preach Their Gospel
By
Kris Eddy
November 5, 2009
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Religion, politics, and money are mixing it up in the churches of England. With U.K. unemployment at a 14-year high and citizens angry over a government bailout of lenders, bankers in the country are taking their message to the pews. They're defending the system, of course.
Executives from Barclays (NYSE: BCS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), and Lazard International (NYSE: LAZ) are among those talking about Satan, Jesus, and "one-night financial stands."
Reports Bloomberg.com:
"The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest," Goldman's [International advisor Brian] Griffiths said Oct. 20, his voice echoing around the gold-mosaic walls of St. Paul's Cathedral, whose 365-feet-high dome towers over the City, London's financial district. "We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieving greater prosperity and opportunity for all."
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