The world of finance has a dark side, but that's only half the story
You could say that the field of finance has an image problem, with both fictional and real-life figures projecting greed and other less-than-likeable attributes. That's why Mihir Desai has...
========== JUDY WOODRUFF: When it comes to Wall Street,
many people think of money and greed, buta professor at Harvard Business School argues
there's a lot more to the world of finance,and he uses books and movies to make his case.Our economics correspondent Paul Solman has
the story.It's part of our series Making Sense, which
airs every Thursday.ACTORS: One, two, three!(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)PAUL SOLMAN: The field of finance, you might
say it has an image problem.Consider "The Wolf of Wall Street," based
on a real-life character.LEONARDO DICAPRIO, Actor: If anybody here
thinks I'm superficial or materialistic, goget a job at McDonald's, because that's where
you (EXPLETIVE DELETED) belong.(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)PAUL SOLMAN:...