In 2008, Goldman Sachs only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Modern conservatism was forged in the crucible of the 1970s inflation crisis, and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash many… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
There is an enormous thrust in our time to have a simple answer. And that simple answer is that all depends on… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve,… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
My preference is for the Federal Reserve to be the systemic risk regulator, because the responsibility for identifying and limiting potential problems… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I was Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. As you know, there are twelve banks and they have their… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
As soon as Mr. Roosevelt took office, the Federal Reserve began to buy government securities at the rate of ten million dollars… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
In early 2008, before the criminal greed of America's mortgage and investment bank industry nearly destroyed the world's economy, the balance sheet… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
“KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS AND STIMULUS Keynesian economics is based on the notion that unemployment arises when total or aggregate demand in an economy… — Alan S. Blinder Copy Share Image
There have been times when the Federal Reserve has restricted the money supply and raised interest rates to gain an end, which… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from… — Richard Shelby Copy Share Image
“On October 29, 2008, came an announcement: “Today, the Federal Reserve, the Banco Central do Brasil, the Banco de Mexico, the Bank… — Neil Irwin Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve, like other central banks, wields powerful tools; democratic accountability requires that the public be able to see how and… — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, the Federal Reserve produced comics about monetary policy, and there is a good comic book guide to microeconomics and macroeconomics… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
Someone has to borrow every dollar we have in circulation, cash or credit. — Robert W. Hemphill Copy Share Image
The reason most people don't express their individuality and actually deny it, is not fear of what prime ministers think of us… — David Icke Copy Share Image
The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it's profits or so dependent on it's favors, that there… — Mayer Amschel Rothschild Copy Share Image
The Federal Reserve cannot solve all the economy's problems on its own. — Ben Bernanke Copy Share Image
Dodd-Frank greatly expanded the regulatory reach of the Federal Reserve. It did not, however, examine whether it was correctly structured to account… — Richard Shelby Copy Share Image
Citigroup, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase should not be permitted to charge consumers 25- to 30-percent interest on their credit… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The Congress has tasked the Federal Reserve with achieving stable prices and maximum employment - the dual mandate. — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences… — Robert Fogel Copy Share Image
The American people have no idea they are paying the bill. They know that someone is stealing their hubcaps, but they think… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret is that both houses of Congress are irrelevant. ... America's domestic policy is now being run by Alan… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
