I am not sure whether in English the expression is literally the hen that laid the golden eggs — but its short story teaches us to take care of the hen, to let it keep giving us golden eggs. If we slip into greed, we end up killing the hen to get the eggs she might have inside. And once she is dead, she can give us no more.
Perhaps that is the greatest problem of humankind: not following the Golden Rule — greed. Investors do not want to pay fair salaries; they want to extract more and more money in exchange for their money. They do not produce. They lend money and claim interest. They may try to justify this — and self-deceive — by arguing that they help society by funding companies. And some do try. But in general, are they trying to improve the lives of employees, or to satisfy investors? Where is the most money made? Is it not in war? Is it not in exploiting natural resources, avoiding due process, and paying no taxes? Is it not in granting mortgages where, if people cannot pay, they lose the house and still carry the debt? That is not helping people. It is exploiting them. It is not following the Golden Rule — unless you do not love your parents, your children, your brothers and sisters, yourself. You are exploiting the hen. And without people, you have no money.






