All kinds of evil

A regular guy's envy is no better than a rich man's greed | Timothy Lamer

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good," says multi-millionaire baron Gordon Gecko in the movie Wall Street. "Greed works," he tells cheering investors. But throughout the rest of the movie we see that Gecko's love of money works to his own downfall. He's willing to do almost anything for more, even break the law, and his sin finds him out.

"How much is enough?" asks his repentant protégé at one point. "How many yachts can you water-ski behind?" The answer could come straight out of Ecclesiastes: "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income." Gecko adores money above all else, and his appetite for his great love can never be satiated.