Did Gordon Gekko have something: ”....Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”?

Did Gordon Gekko have something: ”—-Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”?

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. I have a better word of it; ”controlled ambition”. What is the matter with controlled ambition? When you think of it most things we enjoy, especially the industrial nations, came not by sheer will of innovation to see if it could be done but for gain or profit. One man’s “greed” is what would take a business out of his garage to a posh complex in Silicone Valley employing 100s if not 1,000s of workers. Yes, there is bad greed, but why would not greed that comes out as a win-win not be good? And I am sure there will be many who would try to point out how you can’t have both.