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The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works.
— Gordon Gekko • Wall Street
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Gordon Gekko declares that greed is good, right and effective. It's a bold, unapologetic pitch that treats ambition for more as a virtue. That's his view, delivered like a speech to a room of listeners.
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