The financial markets have changed a lot since 1983, but you'd be hard pressed to come up with a better movie about money and greed (not to mention commodities trading) than the 1983 comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy.
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Mark Lacter
Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.The multi-talented Mark Lacter