If you ever saw the movie Wall street, can you help me answer this question..Thank you?

Wall Street- At one point Bud Fox asks Gordon Gekko, ā€How much is enough?ā€¯ What do you think is enough? Discuss the role of money in business and in peopleā€™s personal lives. Is money by itself corrupt?

That question can only be answered by the individual person. Enough becomes enough when you are satisfied, but money doesn't necessarily give you ultimate satisfaction, all it can provide is financial freedom (if you have "enough"). In terms of happiness, I guess if you value materialistic things and money can provide those things for you, then enough is never enough. But if you find joy and happiness in things not bought, or sold or traded at a value, then you can achieve "enough"
Have a great day and I hope your cup is half full.....

That's a common misquote. It's not "Money is the root of all evil," the correct quote is "The love of money is the root of all evil."

Money is important in businesses because the root purpose of every business is to make money. Businesses that fail to make a profit don't last. It's also important in our individual lives because we need money in order to live. We have to pay bills and buy groceries and put gas in our cars; you get the idea. Some people don't have enough, others barely make it with what they have, and then you have the people who live comfortably (some much more comfortably than others).

How much is enough? Well, your average American will never have enough money because the attitude of the average American is "More, more, MORE!!!" More money, more stuff, more material possessions, more of anything that says "Look at me -- aren't I just the greatest?" The problem is these people don't realize how empty their lives are and that all the money in the world will never fill the void in their souls.

The two biggest lies in the U.S. right now are: (1) Everyone has the right to be happy, and (2) He/She who dies with the most toys wins. Dead wrong. We each have the power to be happy, no matter what our circumstances, because we choose to be happy or sad or cheerful or miserable. When it comes right down to it, each individual is responsible for his/her happiness, and we each decide in our own way how happy we will be -- if at all. As for this idea that the one who dies with the most toys wins, that's completely off-base. The person who dies with the most toys STILL DIES!!! You can't take it with you, so why work so hard amassing stuff that isn't going to matter in the end anyway?

BOTTOM LINE: There's a big difference between people who use the dollar to obtain what they need and those who worship at the altar of the (nowhere near almighty) dollar. Contrary to what Gordon Gekko said "Greed is NOT good." Greed has a way of destroying your life and alienating those who are closest to you. A very wise Jewish carpenter said "Of what benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your soul?"

I don't think so. However the relentless pursuit of money can corrupt people easily. Unfortunately many folks in the U.S. today treat money with the same reverence that used to be given to God and Christ. I have seen the business I work for go from being an employee friendly place to being a large corporation that cares nothing for its employees except for the amount of work they can push across the desk in 8 hours. They don't even seem to care that much about the customers any more. Everything now is geared toward the bottom line. And these fools wonder why morale is down. I hate that the almighty dollar has become the real reason for so many of our Holidays. We can't take it with us. I don't see the reason for such exigency in getting as much as you can and not caring who you step on to get and keep it. As a society I think we really need to rethink the values we have. I play the lottery in the hope that when I win I will be able to pay off all my debts and help some people along the way. As for clawing my way to the top I will never be that kind of person. I actually like living in the slow lane.
I'm not sure I even came close to answering your question. I don't believe money in itself is corrupt it's the way humans think about and deal with money that is the corrupting factor.
LL

Cheeky bugger, go do your own homework!!!!! just kidding. Money is a necessary evil. As a purely economic answer profit is the only means in which we as a civilisation can effectively distribute scarce resources. Imagine 2 businesses both of which use wood to produce their final product.
Business 1 produces tables and business 2 produces chairs. If wood is running low the business that is capable of making the most profit from their end product can buy a greater volume of wood and maximise profit further. This is not a bad thing it is just the price systems method of distributing scarce resources and the market recognising that these resources are being used effectively. Without it we would have a situation similar to the old communist days where people and resources were being deployed to manufacture unnecessary items. Invention would be stifled and human evolution along technological paths with slow dramatically. Its not a perfect system but the only one we got to ensure resources are used effectively.

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