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Speech · Commencement address

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

Ivan F. Boesky

1986

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Boesky, Ivan. Commencement speech. 18 May 1986, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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