Problem:
Is Greed Still Good, Mr Gecko?
In the mid 1980's the movie Wall Street seemed to accurately capture the themes of the day. Michael Douglas starred in the movie as Gordon Gecko - a brilliant, driven and corrupt stock broker. At one point, Gecko utters a famous line, "Greed is Good." To what extent, in capitalism, is greed good? In what sense is greed bad? Can greed be constructive? If so, how?