"Greed is good," preaches Wall Street tycoon Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas). The character brought home all that was wrong — and enticing —... Gordon Gekko, Preaching the Gospel of Greed The 1987 ...

“Greed is Good.” The infamous quote from Gordon Gekko in the 1987 film, Wall Street. During the movie, Gekko explains the successes that come from applying greed to all aspects of life. In his ...

HOLLYWOOD—Everyone knows the credo of Oliver Stone’s all-time villain. “Greed is good.” The director's unmatched portrayal of the 1980s' man-on-the-make in Wall Street's Gordon Gekko is the stuff of ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. — “Greed,” financier Gordon Gekko famously declared in the 1987 film Wall Street, “is good. Greed is right, greed works.” Cleary Gekko never played Augusta National on Masters Sunday, ...

It was “Wall Street,” the movie released 36 years ago, that popularized thoughts about greed. But of course, greed has been a driver in politics and society for far longer. A new study looks at how ...

Many of us remember the 1987 movie “Wall Street,” in which a fictional corporate raider, Gordon Gekko, pronounced that “greed is good.” In his view, greed not only saves companies, it would also save ...