Corporate tax reform is nice in theory but tough in practice. It most likely requires lower tax rates and the closing of… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
There's a good argument to be made that companies that are private, where they're run by partnerships, where everybody has true stake… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
Several companies have explicit policies against cronyism, with good reason. Hiring a family member simply for a relationship can be troubling and… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
What if the slowdown in merger activity isn't cyclical, but secular? What if corporations have learned the lessons of so many companies… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
As a child, I always enjoyed - my parents used to have these little cocktail parties - and I always loved trying to get… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
“Everyone thinks Goldman is so fucking smart,” he railed. “Just because Goldman says this is the right valuation, you shouldn’t assume it’s correct just… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
The failure of Lehman may have allowed the government to do more to prop up the economy than it otherwise could. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
When you can't lend or trade - and you can't invest with the leverage that juiced returns to support seven- and eight-figure bonuses -… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains - pick your… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
It's the people who have an incentive to find the problem who usually find the problem. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
In truth, in the fairy-tale version of bailing out Lehman, the next domino, A.I.G., would have fallen even harder. If the politics of bailing… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
Some billionaires like cars, yachts and private jets. Others like newspapers. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
No one suggested Lehman deserved to be saved. But the argument has been made that the crisis might have been less severe if it… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
“This generation of Wall Street CEOs could be the ones to forfeit America’s trust. When the history of the Great Recession is written, they… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
“There are no atheists in foxholes or ideologues in a financial crisis. Ben Bernanke” — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world,… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
I don't sleep well. I'm a very nervous - by my nature - anxious, almost paranoid person and reporter. — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
I was always one of those people who would watch the Super Bowl as much for the sports as I did for the ads.… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
“While the financial crisis destroyed careers and reputations, and left many more bruised and battered, it also left the survivors with a genuine sense… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share
