Summary Of Laurence Shames The More Factor

The word greed, when generally used, bears negative connotations to describe something that is socially unacceptable. Individuals who are known as being greedy are often acknowledged as people who are not thankful for what they have. Greed is a voracious need for more, and to some, more is never enough. In Laurence Shames’ article, “The More factor”, the concept of growth and wanting more is dubbed as insidious because Americans are shown as being exceedingly greedy to satisfy their own ends instead of promoting widespread growth. Such satisfaction must take advantage of new ‘frontiers’ to profit from as old markets tend to decline in profits. American views of an unending frontier, opportunity, and more have always been a part of who Americans are.
Shames directs his argument towards the American society, he aims is to allow the reader to understand how America came to have this desire to want more. Americans do not appreciate what they already have and are always on a quest to get more. The problem lies in corporate America's greedy nature, as no opportunity is left for the common man.The vast amount of greed within corporate America’s mindset stifles rational growth for the common American businessman; the concept of a manufactured frontier to satiate such greed is unsustainable and dangerous, as unfettered growth and poor attitudes of satisfaction put too much in the hands of too few people. Laurence Shames’ use of the term “frontier” supports his central argument of American society’s ambitious desire for more due to Shames’ usage of the word “frontier” in describing American economic