The financial crisis involved significant failures in the…

“present, there exists no overarching regulatory framework governing OTC derivatives markets in any major jurisdiction. Provided that certain qualifications are met, 29 OTC derivatives…

— Anonymous

AIG's failure revealed systemic problems in the OTC derivatives market that went well beyond the failure of a single market participant.

— Jerome Powell

The costs of running a prison system as large as Arkansas' are significant, and the system's failures can make things worse.

— Elizabeth Flock

“All crisis have involved debt that, in one fashion or another, has become dangerously out of scale in relation to the underlying means of…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

People far too often associate derivatives markets with mere speculation, but there are very legitimate businesses that need derivatives to protect themselves against risk.

— Fred Ehrsam

The financial crisis and the Great Recession posed the most significant macroeconomic challenges for the United States in a half-century, leaving behind high unemployment…

— Jerome Powell

The financial crisis revealed important weaknesses in many areas of our financial system.

— Jerome Powell

The financial crisis and the Great Recession left firms with excess capacity, reducing incentives to invest. If businesses expect slower growth to continue, that…

— Jerome Powell

Senator Obama will be taking office at a critical juncture. There are many pressing challenges facing the international community, including the global financial crisis…

— Helen Clark

Altermodern is an in-progress redefinition of modernity in the era of globalisation, stressing the experience of wandering in time, space and mediums. The term…

— Nicolas Bourriaud

This is an anxiety driven world - the whole world is driven by anxiety. It is anxiety about the aftermath of the global financial…

— Robert J. Shiller

The financial crisis just made the hole deeper, which is why our stimulus needs to be both big and smart, both financially and educationally…

— Thomas Friedman

Firstly, economic globalisation has brought prosperity and development to many countries, but also financial crises to Asia, Latin America and Russia, and increasing poverty…

— Anna Lindh

“Here you can shoot the bad guys,' a mercenary says in Baghdad. 'In America we give them corporate bonuses.”

— Michael Robotham

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