The works which this man [Joseph Banks] leaves behind him occupy a few pages only; their importance is not greatly superior to… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
What I think about derivatives is if every institution that owns or trades them is properly margined and marked to market, including… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
It is true that food banks are a sign that the British retain their altruistic instincts. I support my local food banks… — Luciana Berger Copy Share Image
The economy may be complex, but Americans understand that the Wall Street banks control an outsized portion of the economy and that… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
Banks aren't neutral observers, they're ... the people who caused the mess. It's like someone who's wet themselves in a public building… — Mark Steel Copy Share Image
The financial system has to be regulated, we have to end with the tax havens, and it's necessary that the central banks… — Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Copy Share Image
In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically… — Jerry A. Webman Copy Share Image
When the banks create the money, they don't create the interest. They send you into the world to compete with everybody else… — Bernard Lietaer Copy Share Image
Banks don't come with an internal switch that says, 'Enough! Let's slow down a little.' Or, 'Let's just share this wealth around… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
When I started the business, only banks operated at airports, only banks issued travellers' cheques, only banks issued international payments, only banks… — Lloyd Dorfman Copy Share Image
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
Leverage is great when it works, and when it doesn't work, it creates a lot of issues. So I think if you… — Marc Lasry Copy Share Image
The banks lobbied Washington so they could write the rules that got us into this crisis. They then lobbied Washington to get… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The subprime disaster was a result of financial bombs - derivatives - exploding in financial institutions such as AIG and Lehman Brothers,… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
That's the problem with the financial sector. Banks and the financial sector live in the short run, not the long run. In… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The ECB puts out money that is meant to help our banks, but they do not use it to finance our businesses,… — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
From the beginning of time, we've had financial crises. People always blame the banks and for good reason. When you look for… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
“The drug war is a total scam, prescription drugs kill 300K a year, while marijuana kills no one, but they spend billions/year… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank,… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Dillinger at one point was the second most popular man in America after President Roosevelt. And he was a national hero for… — Michael Mann Copy Share Image
When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the… — Bob Diamond Copy Share Image
My father, Cecil Banks Mullis, and mother, formerly Bernice Alberta Barker, grew up in rural North Carolina in the foothills of the… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Close the weak banks and impose serious capital requirements on the strong ones...You see, it may sound hard-hearted, but you cannot keep… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
Banks are so protected from liability they would have to really do something that was their mistake in order for them to… — Frank Abagnale Copy Share Image