Historically, usury was defined as any interest whatever on an unproductive loan.Our whole banking system I have ever abhorred, I continue to… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you've taken Econ 101, you know that the quantity of money rises only when the banking system makes a net loan. — Kenneth Fisher Copy Share Image
A banking system is an act of faith: it survives only for as long as people believe it will. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
For my own part, I did not see and did not appreciate what the risks were with securitization, the credit ratings agencies,… — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Until part of your paycheck is regularly paid in Bitcoin, I'm not sure how it would really go mainstream. I can imagine… — Gavin Andresen Copy Share Image
Italy spills over to everything. Italy is a huge banking system. It has been the major banking system in Eastern Europe. It's… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
In Africa it's difficult to carry the money, it's difficult to have a banking system with tellers, with distribution of cash. So… — Maurice Levy Copy Share Image
The smaller man approaching our modern banking system, which controls all issue of credit and therefore pretty well all our industrial and… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
I confidently predict the collapse of capitalism and the beginning of history. Something will go wrong in the machinery that converts money… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
“Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
This crisis started probably due to the freedom they gave to the banks. First President [Ronald] Reagan and then President [Bill] Clinton.… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
I lost my club through a series of circumstances and bad luck. The whole banking system collapsing and my foolish bravery didn't… — Simon Jordan Copy Share Image
The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
The modern banking system manufactures money out of nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight-of-hand that was ever… — Josiah Stamp Copy Share Image
“This ... he largest financial bailout in history ... was not just a bailout of SVB [Silicon Valley Bank]. It was a… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
“Democracy becomes an illusion in a nation with a centralised banking system, as such a structure inevitably leads to unequal wealth distribution.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
They [political leaders ] thought the only problem was the banking system, and if they fixed the banking system, all would be… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
By the time Obama came into office, Washington had already agreed over a period of a few weeks to a $700 billion… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
People are losing faith in the banking system due to security issues. — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the 'hidden' confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
There are two ways to aquire the niceties of life: 1) To produce them or 2) To plunder them. When plunder becomes… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
“The overall U.S. homeownership rate increased from 64 percent in 1994 to a peak in 2004 with an all-time high of 69.2… — Gilad Atzmon Copy Share Image
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