Myrtle was so desperate to seek wealth she sacrificed her own morals, by having an affair with Tom. Nick oversaw Myrtle and Tom’s affair as she promised to meet Tom “... by the news-stand on the lower level” in order to hide their affair from her husband (Fitzgerald 26). 

In the article “Facebook/Zuckerberg's Greed, Violating Trust, and the coming Privacy Crisis”, The facebook’s CEO went against his own morals, by breaching their users trust and editing the terms of agreement to allow them to use their personal data.

In the Inside job video, many of the CEO’s abused their wealth and violated their own personal morals by involving themselves with prostitutes and drugs.

Gatsby, Companion reading, and the Inside Job all have aspects where individuals went against their own morals in order to attain wealth, which is exactly what Myrtle did with Tom.

Daisy throughout the book “The Great Gatsby”, pursues a dream to find what happiness truly means to her. Risking her marriage to be with Gatsby, lying about how she truly is feeling, and running over Myrtle, proves what Daisy will do to try and attain this dream. 

Being a cheater, liar, and murder, Daisy ends up destroying every relationship that gives her any meaning or hope. In the documentary “Inside Job”, CEOs of major companies like Fannie Mae, or Goldman Sachs relate to the internal crisis that Daisy is going through. Striving for the risk, like Daisy did when she started a relationship with Gatsby, the CEO’s took investments when it was proven to eventually fail. Maybe they knew as much as Daisy did, where they could go back to a “home base” of safety, like how Daisy went back to Tom. In “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, the “short term profit” idea is reminded. This is like how Daisy felt with Gatsby. Her search to know happiness caused major destruction. Everything she did was for the short term benefit, like the CEO’s during the crisis. Before the time in the book, Nick mentions how Tom and Daisy, “had spent a year in France for no particular reason”, which shows the impulse Daisy had to find a happy place (Fitzgerald 17). Even when traveling around the world, Daisy was unsatisfied with her life, and seeking happiness. 

Daisy throughout “The Great Gatsby” dreams to have as much wealth in status and power, as she does in money. This is shown through Daisy’s attitude and voice throughout the book. Many characters hear Daisy’s voice to be “filled with money” (Fitzgerald 120). This voice that was talked about is the voice of wealth, but wealth with only money. Gatsby, and the other “new money” characters have a more popular status and power. They talk different and their parties are about excitement and risk, making Daisy jealous that she doesn't have that. In the documentary “Inside Job”, the people at fault were high status in wealth and power. They went to great lengths to get to that power, taking risks that ended up crashing the markets. Daisy also fails, as the cost to get this wealth in status and power, is that she never finds true happiness with it. In the article “Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money)” it states that “highly successful founders are driven by power”. People in the real world with this power, loose relationships and happiness to get to the top. They can’t have a meaningful relationship with people they have no respect for, when they have so much power that they can just brush lower people off. Daisy dream was to reach that higher level of power, making her actions risky like CEO’s or founders of the major companies. This dream though led to her not getting to attain her other dream, of finding what true happiness is.  Meaning, Daisy couldn’t have both. 

Tom in the Great Gatsby has his life set for him. He is part of the East Egg, where his family has had money for generations. This sets him up for a dream, to actually accomplish something for himself. He has lived his life on a “white privilege pedestal”, and even though he likes it, he wants to prove to others he can actually do other things then just use his grandparents money (112).  Like him, CEO’s in “Inside Job” wanted to accomplish things. The difference though is that they are capable to take the risk. Tom’s cost to his dream, is that his isn’t capable to actually take that risk for himself. The CEO’s ignore the trust funds, and make their own money, where Tom never does that for himself. In the article “Creating a Good Society”, the lower class was interviewed about social problems caused by the economic crash, and how they got through it. I believe that since Toms money was completely set for him, it was harder to accomplish his dream. People who come from nothing, have a bigger drive and are willing to take the risk because its all they've got. Tom wants to have that money and safety he can fall back on, which leads him to not taking the risk at all to keep it. 

Greed

Jay Gatsby claims to be a self made man, a hard worker who earned his money. Although he hints to his actual profession when he tells Nick that “ it happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing”(Fitzgerald 5). He hints to the fact that he actually sells liquor which was illegal during this time of prohibition. In the article The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money), it states that, the reason that men like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are successful is their thirst for power rather than money. And they will do anything to achieve it. This is a similar case to gatsby where he doesnt make money to be rich, he does it for Daisy. Also in the documentary, The Inside Job, the very wealthy bank owners and stockholders were very greedy as well as very unethical when they labeled bad insurance as the best rating because it was the cheapest insurance to buy.

Gatsby 

Truth

Jay Gatsby throws many elaborate parties where guests come and get drunk. He never drinks any alcohol himself because he knows the dangers of it even though that is how he made his money. Later as Nick leaves one of his parties, he sees Old Owl Eyes crash his car and “ leave drunkenly”(Fitzgerald 3). Gatsby knows that alcohol can kill people but still continued to sell it. This corruption is present in First They Jailed the Bankers, when the US bankers were compensated for market fraud as well as in the documentary, The Inside Job. This blind eye that all three aspects share is a part of being wealthy and earning your money through corruption. 

Nick

Relationships

In the book, Nick is very fond of Tom as well as Gatsby, but there came a time where he had to choose loyalty to one after Nick discovers Gatsby's love for Daisy. He decided to keep his mouth shut and help Gatsby get Daisy back and sacrifice his relationship with Tom. In the article, The Most Successful Founders are Greedy, it talks about Steve Jobs who is the founder of Apple. He had to sacrifice his relationships with his friends and family to be completely devoted to the managing of his company. Also in the documentary, The Inside Job, the people who were committing in market fraud and corruption was exposed and they lost the trust of all their customers. 

Myrtle in this book is a female character that is living her life to a somewhat poor standard. Therefore, she desperately desires to have some wealth and eminence to her lifestyle. She try’s to act in a refined manner in order to be eminent in society, even buying a dog on the way to their apartment In a refined manner she mentions “I want to get one of those dogs,” and even wants it almost solely “ for the apartment”.(Fitzgerald 2). This pertaining part in the book really reflects how eminent Myrtle wants to be in society. The article “Creating the Good society” in the beginning really explains the morals of the individual known as Myrtle in The Great Gatsby and  explains how individuals in today’s society are “free to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others, a pattern of thinking that emphasizes self fulfillment”( Bellah 4) in the article “Creating the Good Society. The evidence used in the beginning of this article also pertains to a certain part in “The Inside Job” where the narrator explains how getting more eminence or fame in other words produces an extraordinary feeling to some individuals and drives them to get even more eminence in society. These pieces in both the companion reading and Inside Job really reflect the motives in the character known as Myrtle and her need for eminence in society that is accomplished by a secret relationship with Tom. 

Jordan is a very particular character that isn’t involved greatly in the main plot but nonetheless holds a deep thought process in life. While, Jordan seems firm and social at the beginning of chapter 1. Her true colors show what her beliefs are all about when it comes to life when Nick recognizes her personailty and even her past. It turns out she was involved in cheating scandal during her golfer days. It even is show later on when they are driving  that Jordan believes the drivers should almost “keep out of my way”.( Fitzgerald 3). Even Nick describes her as “careless” in the end of chapter 3. Overall, this reflects how Jordan believes only in her self fulfillment and doesn’t care how she fulfills it shown in the cheating golf scandal . In, the documentary “Inside Job”, it is also portrayed how corporate business leaders such as leaders in Goldman Sachs don’t care how corrupt their actions are, as long as it accomplishes their self fulfillment for the company and most importantly themselves. This piece in the documentary “Inside Job” can also be directly compared to a companion reading known shortly as “First They Jailed The Bankers”. In this reading it explains how bankers  in Iceland are corrupt in their ways and for that caused a financial crisis in “2008” with over 20 bankers jailed up to that point in time, this represents how corrupt individuals can be in their self achieving dreams for wealth, and in result shows their carelessness in many manners. All together, “Inside Job” and the reading “First They Jailed Bankers” really provide insight on similar examples of people directly reflecting carelessness in their actions similar to Jordan in the Great Gatsby.

"I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time." (7-252) reflects upon the low morals the character Tom has in the story. It is seen in the video Inside Job how the investment bankers were ok hiring prostitutes for pleasure and business and seeing little wrong with that. In the same way Tom believes he is doing nothing wrong as long as he still is with Daisy and loves her as well. In the article Creating A Good Society it mentions “abiding allegiance to “individualism.” In Tom’s sense he has only considered his actions affecting his life but is not worried of the impact his actions have on Daisy.

“She's not leaving me!" Tom's words suddenly leaned down over Gatsby.” This quote portrays Tom’s greed and understanding of his connection with Daisy. As mentioned in The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money) money is not the goal rather money is used to achieve a goal. With this in mind Tom doesn’t have to worry about money as he inherited most of it. So his goal is to keep Daisy from leaving him by using money to please her.

He became obsessive; everything he did revolved around Daisy and he did not know when to stop. He lost his sanity and did not realize how corrupt he was becoming. Not only had Gatsby become obsessive over Daisy, but he had also become obsessive over his wealth.

In the segment “Inside Job”, it was pointed out how many investors would also lose their sanity due to their gambling habits. Although they would gain money, they would never pay attention to what they were actually doing and how wrong it was. They would obsessively shape every single part of their lives around the stock market.

What Gatsby and the investors from “Inside Job” failed to see was at what point they needed to stop. In the companion reading “Economic Inequality: When Is Enough Enough?”, the author pointed out how upper class earners only make up “one percent of earners in the U.S.” (Blumenfield). The income gap between the one percent of upper class earners and the 99 percent of lower class earners had “been the widest since the great depression” (Blumenfield). This emphasizes how the upper class failed to see a stopping point in their corruption. They had caused the entire American economy to weaken due to their loss of sanity and awareness. Similar to the upper class in the book, the upper class of the United States never realized when their corruption was hurting others and that they had reached their limit. However, lacking sanity, they continued and never realized that enough was enough.

Investors in “Inside Job” had also sacrificed their happiness in order to fulfill their dreams of making a fortune. They were not happy and they felt happiness by drinking, etc. They would feel happy when they made money or gained power through gambling, but apart from those few things, nothing could really make them happy.

In the article “The Most Successful Founders Are Greedy (But Not For Money)”, it is stressed that investors and “highly successful founders driven by power” (Dickey). This is how investors find their happiness. However, this happiness is not true happiness. True happiness cannot come from money or power, which are things Gatsby and investors value highly. This is why they struggle to be happy and that is their price for achieving their dreams.

This issue is similar to many of the people involved with investors in “Inside Job” because investors managed to tie innocent people into a big mess. Even some small, once simple, people began getting into the stock market, became big people, and got stuck in the vicious cycle.

In the article “Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, the reason behind the weakening of the American economy was due to the “private sector’s drive for short-term profit” (Denning) through the stock market. Before the rise of gambling within the stock market, most people were simple and innocent. However, similar to Nick,many investors’ goals were mostly short-term. Nothing was going to be permanent. Short-term goals caused them all to be tangled up into a big mess socially and financially.

In “Inside Job”, there were many investors who avoided all contact with other people. They sacrificed relationships in order to be successful in the stock market. In the article “Creating the Good Society”, the individualistic approach of investors is explained. Like Nick, most investors try “to pursue their private satisfactions independently of others,” (Andre, Velasquez) which “emphasizes individual achievement and self-fulfillment” (Andre, Velasquez). Nick moved out to the east from Chicago to achieve his goals as an individual in business. This individualistic approach towards pursuing dreams have caused Nick and many investors to sacrifice relationships and get stuck in messes, despite trying to stay simple.

Tom’s family has had money for generations. He enjoyed doing extravagant things with this money, like bringing "a string of polo ponies for Lake Forest", just for the heck of it (Fitzgerald 16). What Tom does not enjoy though, is the “new money” people becoming more powerful than him.  A dream of his, is for things to go back to the way things were, before this new money came in. In the documentary “Inside Job”, I feel like many of the people caught would have wished for the same thing Tom did. That the “problem” would go away, and things could go back to being comfortable and easy. The article “Economic Inequality: When Enough is Enough” reminds readers about the income inequality of the United States, and why it is a problem. Tom is in the position that the large corporation CEOs or Founders were in, where they have constantly been at the top tier of wealth, while watching the world around have extreme poverty. Tom in “The Great Gatsby”, doesn't enjoy that there is all of sudden a new tier of wealth around him, where people that used to be low lives are not wealthy enough to seem as equals. 

He believes that superiors are superiors, and the inferiors are inferior, and that those lines should never blur. But, any status that Tom and people like him derive, comes from the new money giving them the identity of being old money. But having this dream, comes with a cost. The generational wealth never has a chance to renew, so it could run out. Spends cash on ponies or planes is fun, but if Tom wants the wealth he has to be superior, the best thing he could do is to save his money. 

Jordan can be portrayed as a somewhat deceitful individual throughout this book in a multitude of manners. She comes off as a person who will be deceitful, dishonest in order to get the goal she desires, such as her golfing career. She is even described as individual who “ had been dealing in subterfuges”. (Fitzgerald 3) This piece in the book can be interpretd that Jordan has a deceitful Personality in order to get exactly what she wants. This can be contrasted to the documentary known as “Inside Job” also, where corporate business leaders, are deceitful or dishonest in order to deceive the public view and portray themselves  as refined individuals in a modern society. Which can be seen with Jordan throughout the book when she is with a Nick. Furthermore, in a companion reading known as “ Lest We Forget: Why We Had A Financial Crisis”, it’s portrayed that a certain financial crisis in 2008 was caused by mainly one certain factor known as Congress, which spread a huge lie, that most of the world believed. This can be interpreted as deceitful by the Congress and ultimately can mimics some  of Jordan’s Personailty in the book. To conclude, the companion reading and the documentary “Inside Job” provide some examples of how people in general  can be filled with deception in order to achieve what they want in life such as Jordan in The Great Gatsby with her morals.