greed-is-good
John Thain Quits Bank of America, Leaving $87,000 Rug Behind
Owen Thomas · 01/22/09 01:09PMHow an $87,000 Rug Could Take Down Merrill's Boss
Owen Thomas · 01/22/09 12:11PMEven Wall Street Now Hates the Rich
Owen Thomas · 01/09/09 01:00PMCredit Suisse Bankers to Eat Toxic Cake They Baked
Owen Thomas · 12/18/08 03:32PMThe Bankers' Bonuses
Owen Thomas · 12/09/08 08:00PMI recently reread Den of Thieves, the tale of how federal prosecutors brought down Wall Street giants Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken, the emblems of the '80s takeover boom. It turns out that Boesky never actually said, "Greed is good," the line Michael Douglas uttered as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street.