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The strong case for the "greed" argument was made by Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler in a study they performed for the World Bank in 2000. Since then, the Collier-Hoeffler Model has been the focus of much of the greed-grievance debate. Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler wrote one of the seminal pieces defending greed over grievance.
Sir Paul Collier, CBE, FBA (born 23 April 1949) ... 'Greed and grievance in civil war' Oxford Economic Papers, vol 56 issue 4, 2004, pp. 563–595.
He disagrees with the quantitative research methods of Collier and believes a stronger emphasis should be put on personal data and human perspective of the people in conflict. Beyond Keen, several other authors have introduced works that either disprove greed vs. grievance theory with empirical data, or dismiss its ultimate conclusion.
The majority of high-grievance people adopt a zero-sum mindset: If something gives you a win politically, it comes at a cost to me. The wealthy are seen as playing a malign role in society.
World Bank economists Paul Collier and Anke Hoeffler compare two dimensions of incentives: Greed rebellion: "motivated by predation of the rents from primary commodity exports, subject to an economic calculus of costs and a military survival constraint". [45]
In fact, a good number of the rising prices we're paying weren't strictly necessary at all.” — Paul Constant, Business Insider. Greed isn’t the underlying cause of inflation, but it’s ...
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization.
It’s clear now that New England did a bad contract structure given what has transpired and the lack of protection that now exists.