Wallstreet, Movie

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welfare state. He says that people pursuing self-interest demand comfort and security and that they don't take the risks that result in growth and achievement.
At the start of Wall Street, Bud Fox is young and very naďve about the business world. He is a typical broker seeking new clients and offering second-hand advice regarding the buying and selling of stock. “Just once I’d like to be on that side,” he says, dreaming of the day when he will be a corporate big shot controlling the flow of millions of dollars, like his hero, Gordon Gekko. In pursuit of his dream, Bud makes a visit to Gekko’s office with a box of Havana cigars on his birthday in hopes of winning him over as a client. He wants to sell him stocks, and hopefully one day be like he is. Bud is desperate to do business with Gekko and he passes on some inside information about the airline company that his father works for. Gekko makes some money on the deal and opens an account with Bud. As the relationship between ...

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his sole reason for buying into Bud’s father’s airline company is to make his money and split. It is only when Gekko betrays Bud by wrecking his father’s airline company that Bud begins to realize that his actions are immoral and heeds the advice of his father, “Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.” Bud learns that greed is in fact bad and that it hurts other people. The target of Wall Street is not those criminals on Wall Street that commit illegal activities like that of Bud and Gekko. It is the value system of the 80s that places profits and wealth above any other consideration. ...

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