Greed is all right... Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

Ivan F. Boesky

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Greed Capitalism

Speaker

Ivan F. Boesky

Source

1986 UC Berkeley commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Businessperson

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United States

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Citation

Boesky, Ivan. Commencement Speech, 18 May 1986, University of California Berkeley.

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