Popularly, one refers cynically to "human nature" in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.
Shop operators can not be too greedy, so long, as long as the price is reasonable, enhance the quality of service, it is easy to develop a group of fixed customer source.
"A situation where excess greed, excess compensation, excess risk-taking have all made us vulnerable and left us 'holding the bag' [left to suffer the consequences]," he said.
Given the current Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster it's easy to become cynical and imagine the fragile terrestrial worlds of the solar systems being ravaged for greed and profit.
On a visit to an insect farm in Deurne in the south east Netherlands, she greedily peels the wings and legs off a freeze dried locust and crunches down with gusto.