Remember the classic “Greed is good” speech by Gordon Gekko as played by Michael Douglas in the 1987 Oliver Stone classic, Wall Street. Here’s Douglas in his 1988 Academy Award winning role telling us why "greed is good":

https://youtube.com/watch?v=7upG01-XWbY%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

Fast forward to today at a time when greed is viewed quite differently. It’s one those psychological elements behind today’s economy that was explored by an an interdisciplinary panel at a recent conference called, "Crisis of Confidence: The Recession and the Economy of Fear.”

Over at my other blog home, Slate’s Bizbox Blog, I write about this conference sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Psychiatry and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Check out, Greed used to be good

And here’s an interesting side note. Greed may no longer be good, but apparently power clothes are making a comeback. The ABA Journal Law News Now reports that Worried Lawyers Embrace Gordon Gekko’s Wardrobe. But as someone commented on the article, "It’s called Nordstrom Rack.  It’s where law students, lawyers, and consultants facing tougher times now go to shop".