Greed is Good

"Greed is Good" - George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty, Ronald Reagan's favorite author
"...Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself." - Ivan Boesky, 1985 Univ. of California commencement address - TIM

"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, is that greed--for lack of a better word--is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms--greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge--has marked the upward surge of mankind."
--Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) Wall Street 1987

"His character may have been a creep, but his speech was a 100% correct". - Whitman College Republicans

Greed: "excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness : AVARICE" - Merriam Webster



Greed is Good "Greed is Good" - George Gilder, Wealth and Poverty, Ronald Reagan's favorite author "...Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself." - Ivan Boesky, 1985 Univ. of California commencement address - TIM "The point is, ladies and gentlemen, is that greed--for lack of a better word--is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms--greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge--has marked the upward surge of mankind." --Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) Wall Street 1987 "His character may have been a creep, but his speech was a 100% correct". - Whitman College Republicans Greed: "excessive or reprehensible acquisitiveness : AVARICE" - Merriam Webster