One would be forgiven for concluding that the assumed…

When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that…

— Brendan Daly

Financial innovation is an oxymoron. It's very rare that there is something that's actually financial innovation. It's a euphemism for hiding leverage.

— Steve Eisman

Financial innovation can be highly dangerous, though almost no one will tell you this. New financial products are typically created for sunny days and…

— Seth Klarman

I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth — one shred of evidence.

— Paul Volcker

“The field of financial innovation, without rules that tie it to human productive output will be the cause of the next revolution.”

— Said Elias Dawlabani

Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to many of…

— Ben Bernanke

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

— Ben Bernanke

The impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime markets seems likely to be contained.

— Ben Bernanke

If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown we should simply ban complex financial instruments, unless they can be…

— Ha-Joon Chang

It is sad that the world has gotten more of my time than my children, but my children benefit from it through their financial…

— RZA

Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Across the globe, regardless of nationality or financial status, there is a common dream every mother has for her children - for them to…

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

We're looking out for the financial best interests of the up-and-comer. Everything connects to that.

— Noah Kerner

The financial crisis we are facing today arises from the fact that there is almost no more social, cultural, natural, and spiritual capital left…

— Charles Eisenstein

Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term…

— Barry Ritholtz