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Greed or No Greed: Open That Case

by Jeff Rose on May 8, 2009

in Favorites, Investing

greed or no greed Greed or No Greed: Open That Case

Open That Case!

On NBC you may have seen the game show called “Deal or No Deal” starring Howie Mandel and 26 wonderful ladies with their respective briefcases. The premise of the show is for the contestant to select random briefcases holding dollar mounts from $.01 to $1,000,000, trying to eliminate cases without picking the higher amounts. As the cases dwindle and depending on what amounts are left, the “banker” will offer the contestant a dollar amount that contestant must accept (Deal) or not accept (No Deal). If the contest chooses “No Deal”, they keep selecting cases that will either increase or decrease the banker’s offer. Pure entertainment flourishing at its finest.

The Greed That Lies Within

What I find appealing of the show is that it brings out the greed that exists in most all of us. I have seen contestant after contestant fumble their way from a sum of money that would have literally changed their life to an amount that barely made the whole experience even worth it. […]

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