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ivan boesky gave the commencement speech in 1986 at berkley and he became famous for one line in that speech. i urge you as a part of your mission, seek wealth. it s all right. a new film wall street used boesky s words as the basis for some of the dialogue. greed is good. greed is right. greed works. when michael douglas in the movie said greed is good, i mean, it was a cartoon expression. but there s truth to it. there was a sense that it is okay to be greedy. it is okay to maximize your wealth. what i want to see above all is that this country remains a country where someone can always get rich. big companies gobbling up little companies. little companies gobbling up big companies. 8 years ago, there were 1,500
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was gangster capitalism. tony montana captures that desire for respect, for money, for influence, for power. oliver stone came into the 80s as a well respected and well paid screen writer. this is a guy who had written scarface. say hello to my little friend! i thought it was excessive and cartoony until i started spending a lot of time in miami. after that, i thought it was a model of restraint. it really was a decade that was fuelled by how much money can i make and how can i display it best? the point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. greed is right. greed works. wall street is a maw vovie
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