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Systems of which the u.s. economy is absolutely is going to be wrong. >> but you say -- what you remind me of, the point you were making, robert kennedy once made a very famous speech where he talked about the limitations of gdp and what it could measure and what it couldnt measure. >> it measures neither our or our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning. neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. it measures everything in short except that which makes life worthwhile. >> in a...

Than it is for the united states or western europe or japan. the temptation is always, particularly an american temptation. if the number doesnt work, lets just invent another number that will work better. and theres been a lot of attempts to come up with measuring national good. butan came one a gross national happiness index. sarkozy was commissioned to come up what do we replace it with? any one number in multi-tiered systems of which the u.s. economy is absolutely is going to be wrong. >> bu...

It has become a pattern because they dont do that. i mean, you know, we -- find people like -- pete rigger who was a partner. if we put clients first we do it because it is a business decision. we do it important a reason. so -- you know, i think the contrast between those two, juxtaposition between the corporate, you know, happy talk and the reality of the way they do business, is what, in fact, i think was mr. smith was getting at here in his editorial, why it struck such a cord. >> i mean, i ...