Central bankers have had enormous responsibilities thrust on them to compensate, essentially, for the failings of the political system. And my worry… — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
RAREBIT n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
And as a matter of fact, governments don't act, governments only react. The bankers make the decisions, and then governments decide how… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The turn of the century was the age of the banker, so much so that the leading bankers of the day had… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Escapists in the long past have managed their own budget and their social relations so unsuccessfully that I wouldn't… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Why is it possible to rescue S&L buccaneers in the early '90s and provide guidance to levered Wall Street investment bankers during… — Bill Gross Copy Share Image
Bankers themselves govern the Fed to some extent, and then there's the classic revolving door where Fed officials come from and then… — Gerald Epstein Copy Share Image
They [investment bankers] don't even want the stuff that they've got, you know the fancy cars and houses. Their consumption is basically… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
The Frankenstein of Communism is the product of the Jewish mind, and was turned loose upon the world by the son of… — Kenneth Goff Copy Share Image
Both HUD and the Department of Justice began bringing lawsuits against mortgage bankers when a higher percentage of minority applicants than white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The prairies were dust. Day after day, summer after summer, the scorching winds blew the dust and the sun was brassy in… — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of… — Wilhelm II Copy Share Image
Whatever people are doing, they're probably going to be doing it five years from now. You have your banker, your general store… — Valerie June Copy Share Image
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This proletarianization of the lower salaried bourgeoisie is accompanied by an excess in the opposite direction: the irrationally high pay of top… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Investment bankers do much of their business underwriting government bonds, in the United States and abroad. Therefore, they have a vested interest… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
It cannot but affect our philosophy favorably to be reminded of these shoals of migratory fishes, of salmon, shad, alewives, marsh-bankers, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Of course, looking tough on inflation is part of any central banker's job description: if investors believe that inflation is going to… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
No central banker would disagree with the proposition that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon. Not one of them will disagree that… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honoured, since there is often a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image