Credit Writedowns » Gordon Gekko http://www.creditwritedowns.com Finance, Economics and Markets Wed, 23 May 2012 16:15:53 +0000 en hourly 1 Links: 2010-05-15 Gordon Gekko at Cannes and the carry trade unwind http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/links-2010-05-15-gordon-gekko-at-cannes-and-the-carry-trade-unwind.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/links-2010-05-15-gordon-gekko-at-cannes-and-the-carry-trade-unwind.html#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 13:16:12 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/links-2010-05-15-gordon-gekko-at-cannes-and-the-carry-trade-unwind.html Subscribe to Our News Feed If you would like to receive our links in real-time please follow me at @edwardnh. Must Reads Gordon Gekko is back at Cannes and he’s brought the 1980s with him | Film | The Guardian FT Alphaville – Gwen Robinson – The great Aussie-yen unwind Links Slump hits Mexican resort

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2010/05/links-2010-05-15-gordon-gekko-at-cannes-and-the-carry-trade-unwind.html/feed/ 0 On so-called bureaucrats in Washington and the morality of capitalism http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/on-so-called-bureaucrats-in-washington-and-the-morality-of-capitalism.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/on-so-called-bureaucrats-in-washington-and-the-morality-of-capitalism.html#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:22:54 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/on-so-called-bureaucrats-in-washington-and-the-morality-of-capitalism.html Every time I hear the word ‘bureaucrat’ used to make a point for or against government’s role in the economy, I cringe. I see this label as unfair and dehumanizing. I grew up in Washington , D.C. where my parents and their friends rose through the ranks of government, often to the very managerial positions

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/on-so-called-bureaucrats-in-washington-and-the-morality-of-capitalism.html/feed/ 4 Did Gordon Gekko inspire Wall Street or the other way around? http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/guest-post-did-gordon-gekko-inspire-wall-street-or-the-other-way-around.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/guest-post-did-gordon-gekko-inspire-wall-street-or-the-other-way-around.html#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:34:52 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/guest-post-did-gordon-gekko-inspire-wall-street-or-the-other-way-around.html This contribution from Daniel Berger is a letter to Michael Smerconish in response to a commentary Smerconish wrote on 10 May 2009 in the Philadelphia Inquirer “Head Strong: Did Hollywood inspire the meltdown men?” A shorter version of Berger’s piece appeared at New Deal 2.0 in July. Given my recent two posts on greed (“More

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/guest-post-did-gordon-gekko-inspire-wall-street-or-the-other-way-around.html/feed/ 0 More on greed, regulation, Lehman and the financial industry http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/more-on-greed-regulation-lehman-and-the-financial-industry.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/more-on-greed-regulation-lehman-and-the-financial-industry.html#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:08:05 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/more-on-greed-regulation-lehman-and-the-financial-industry.html In one of my latest posts I said “greed is not good.” Quite frankly, I looked at this statement as self-evident in the wake of an economic catastrophe where greed was a defining element. Yet, a remarkable number of people commented in defense of greed; they seem to believe greed is a good thing. So,

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/more-on-greed-regulation-lehman-and-the-financial-industry.html/feed/ 13 Greed is not good http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/greed-is-not-good.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/greed-is-not-good.html#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:15:09 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/greed-is-not-good.html In the 1987 movie classic Wall Street, the sinister protagonist Gordon Gekko played by Michael Douglas gives this famous quote:
In the last seven deals that I’ve been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.
Since that time, this quote has become famous as the “Greed is Good” philosophy of capitalism

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2009/10/greed-is-not-good.html/feed/ 6 Quote of the day: Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-michael-douglas-as-gordon.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-michael-douglas-as-gordon.html#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:30:00 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-the-day-michael-douglas-as-gordon-gekko.html Ben Bernanke and Alan Greenspan have been the worst monetary stewards in U.S. Federal Reserve history. A former Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. once said it was the Fed’s job “to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going.” Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, with their easy money polices, failed to

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Related Posts ]]> http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/10/quote-of-day-michael-douglas-as-gordon.html/feed/ 3 Quote of the day: Gordon Gekko – greed is good http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/09/quote-of-day-gordon-gekko-greed-is-good.html http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/09/quote-of-day-gordon-gekko-greed-is-good.html#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:21:00 +0000 Edward Harrison http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/09/quote-of-the-day-gordon-gekko-greed-is-good.html With blood on the street and one flagging financial institution after another gasping for dear life, a quote from the Movie “Wall Street” bears remembering: In the last seven deals that I’ve been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. I am not

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