American journalist (1905-1995)
Ferdinand Lundberg (April 30, 1902 – March 1, 1995) was an American journalist and author. An early influence on Robert Caro, Ralph Nader, Betty Friedan, and others, he was born in Chicago and educated at Columbia University.
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Man has such a capacity for rationalization that when he finds himself affluent and able to spend as he pleases he is quick to justify his most indefensible expenditures on the ground that they give some people employment. There is probably no rich person who upon quaffing a glass of champagne does not experience a happy glow of pleasure at the thought of all the vintners, bottlers, freighters, and servants to whom his simple act has given livelihood.