Some pretty good evidence for the imbalanced value hierarchy with profit at the bottom was also present in what was not said, in what remained unspoken.

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Western Europe has turned Abraham Maslow on his head: rather than leading us up his Hierarchy of Human Needs, they seem to value little more than the animal security of the bottom rung.

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The value that comes out of either of those lunches is the same: a culture that breaks down hierarchy in an effort to improve job satisfaction.

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