"In the phrase ""filthy lucre"", what is lucre?"
Pecunia non olet had been right. At the time, Jack is beset with doubts about the source of his inheritance. In "London Fields" by Martin Amis, while smelling a wad of used £50 notes, foil Guy Clinch observes, "Pecunia non olet was dead wrong. Pecunia olet." In "The Surgeon's Mate" by Patrick O'Brian, when Admiral Saumarez is speaking of "glory to be picked up in the Baltic [...] and in any case, who cares about filthy lucre?", one of the assembled captains murmurs "Non olet". Pecunia non olet Pecunia non olet ("money does not stink") is a Latin saying. The phrase is ascribed
Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism the idea of a tax freedom day is flawed: It would make just as much sense to declare an annual "mortgage freedom day", in order to let mortgage owners know what day they "stop working for the bank and start working for themselves". ...But who cares? Homeowners are not really "working for the bank"; they're merely financing their own consumption. After all, they're the ones living in the house, not the bank manager. Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism is a 2009 book by Joseph Heath. The book is organized