Third, their original venture capitalists and angel investors, who believe greed is good, are getting spooked by the dotcom slide.
That movie includes a scene in which the young stockbrokers mouthed the words to Wall Street, especially Gordon Gekko's "greed is good" speech.
Michael Douglas won an Oscar in 1988 for his performance, and the character's dialogue--particularly his famous speech about how "greed is good"--remains firmly in the minds of many moviegoers.
Once idolized by some for its "greed is good" mentality, the Wall Street of today still faces a barrage of public criticism for the carnage unleashed during the financial crisis.
Selfishness is good, greed is good.
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The Southeastern position, in effect, is that Michael Dell is acting out of simple economic self-interest and not out of his stated desire to hasten the transformation of the company without worrying about quarterly financial performance. (But, you are thinking, Gordon Gekko taught us that greed is good, right?) In short, Southeastern is saying that Michael Dell is seizing the day, buying back the company he founded on the cheap.
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He argued that unfettered markets are not free markets, and that unregulated greed is neither good ethics nor good social policy.
Roosevelt told a frightened, destitute nation that unregulated greed is neither good policy nor good ethics, and that if we don't hang together, we'll hang separately.
Greed is not only good but can also do great good if, that is, there are clear incentives to tackle the big global challenges.
The world has moved on, greed is no longer so good, and the M.
Far from a system of greed, capitalism depends on a golden rule of enterprise: The good fortune of others is also your own.
Same goes for conducting the right clinical trial: greed (or more aptly over confidence) can lead to an irrational belief that our drug is so good its likely to turn an underpowered study into a big exit.
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