After viewing the Gordon Gekko speech from the film "Wall Street" and clips from the 20/20 episode titled "Greed", share your thoughts on the following question:

(1) "Is "greed" good? Why or why not? Provide examples from the videoclips (and/or recent economic history/current events) to support your point of view.

(2) Imagine that you have not yet been born. You do not know where you will be born, your gender, ethnicity, or whether your family will be wealthy or poor.

Do you think this different perspective change any opinions you may currently hold about taxation, income inequality, wealth redistribution, government regulation of markets (such as minimum wage or subsidies to businesses), or other government policies?

Why or why not? If so, how might that change your view toward economic policies?

(3) Reply to at least one of the posts from fellow students in the discussion.