Bill Moyers talked with philosopher Jacob Needleman about his new study of the role of money in our culture in 1990 for the series, A WORLD OF IDEAS II.

There's always been greed, there's always been avarice. There's always been a problem with people wanting more than they need. That's caused more problems for the human race than almost anything else. But cultures have always wanted other things, too. They've wanted honor. They've wanted power. Love. Respect. Beauty. It's hard to say now, though, that our culture wants anything else as much as it wants. money.

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