Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: 'Wall Street': When Greed Became CoolR | 2h 6m | Drama | December 11, 1987
With his suspenders, slicked-back hair, and power ties, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) made greed look cool in 1987's "Wall Street," directed by Oliver Stone. Greed seems to be ramping up as of late, which is why "Wall Street" is worth a re-watch.
Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street.” (20th Century Fox)
America may or may not be currently experiencing "greedflation." Global inflation rose from 4.7 percent in 2021 to 8.8 percent in 2022, but it's hard to say for sure whether or not it's greedflation. There was a pandemic, a trade war, a land war, huge government spending, and a global economy that's possibly become too complex for traditional macroeconomic theory to explain. More on this later....
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