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‘Equity’ Film Review: Women Bare Their Teeth in Wall Street’s Shark Tank

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Jul 29, 2016 This female-driven thriller, starring Anna Gunn of “Breaking Bad” fame, is a study of a cutthroat species in its natural habitat and plays on expectations and conventions with some surprising twists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Preying on the Poor

By Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch May 17, 2012 The poor provide a juicy target for anyone depraved enough to make a business of stealing from them. The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Wall Street Revisited: Greed Is Good and Dull

Richard Schickel / Truthdig Sep 25, 2010 The inherent problem with Oliver Stone's follow-up to his 1987 classic is that it does not have the courage of its own nastiest convictions. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

‘Wall Street 2’ Teaser: Greed Is Good, Legal

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2010 "Someone reminded me I once said greed is good," says Michael Douglas as the infamous Gordon Gekko in this teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps." But here's the kicker, as he observes after spending years in the pokey: "Now it seems it's legal." Right you are, Mr. Gekko. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Maher: America Is Greedy, Not Good

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2009 The "Real Time" host takes exception to American exceptionalism, the idea that Americans are unique and superior despite a penchant for poisoning, imprisoning and killing each other just to make a buck. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Wall Street’ Sequel in the Works

Staff / Truthdig Apr 29, 2009 What would have happened to the likes of Gordon Gekko, the ultra-sharky villain of Oliver Stone's "Wall Street," in the current economic climate? We're about to find out, as Stone and Michael Douglas, who first brought the unabashedly greedy Gekko to life in 1987, are gearing up to make a sequel to the classic financial cautionary tale. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greed: Still Good?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2008 What would Gordon Gekko, the ruthless corporate raider from Oliver Stone's 1987 classic cautionary tale "Wall Street," have to say about the current state of the American economy? Well, we just might find out. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )