Co-Founder, SOCAP09 Hollywood may be remaking Wall Street, but the days of Gordon Gekko and the “greed is good” mantra are behind us.
They already know it on Main Street. Now it’s also becoming a reality in the investment community. It may have taken an economy in shambles and banks in disgrace, but at long last the investment community faces a wake up call, and an unprecedented opportunity… Right now, nothing is more important than learning from the crisis, seizing the opportunity, and developing an economy that benefits investors, businesses and individuals. It’s time to create a new economy that works for all of us. Once upon a time, greed may have been considered good. It was a time when all people took into consideration was the money they took into their bank accounts. But that’s changed. As the wealth has vanished, so have people’s delusions. Call the collapse our “aha” moment — but suddenly there’s a group of investors who have dusted themselves off and emerged from the rubble with a conscience.
They’re ready to build a new economy, one we can have faith in, one that will build real value for the planet and its people. This movement toward conscious capitalism has taken shape, gained popularity and even adopted a catchy new moniker: impact investing.