“Financial crises are not natural disasters. They are man-made disasters.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only. — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
Financial crises are an unfortunate but necessary consequence of modern capitalism. — Andrew Lo Copy Share Image
Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop. — James Buchan Copy Share Image
“Financial crises—and most other failures of prediction—stem from this false sense of confidence.” — Nate Silver Copy Share Image
Fiscal crises often turn into financial crises, dealing a blow to the real economy. — Lee Myung-bak Copy Share Image
Ever since the Great Depression, economists have known that demand shortages tend to persist in the wake of severe financial crises like… — Bob Frank Copy Share Image
No matter how the financial system is set up, no matter what the economic system is, as long as you have people,… — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them - another economic collapse, it's almost going to be like… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
The Death of Money is an engrossing account of the massive stresses accumulating in the global financial system, especially since the 2008… — John H. Makin Copy Share Image
“My investigation into financial crises provoked me to ask a more sweeping question: What is it about money that we can’t master?… — Kabir Sehgal 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
There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too… — Timothy Geithner Copy Share Image
The essence of the this-time-is-different syndrome is...rooted in the firmly held belief that financial crises are things that happen to other people… — Carmen Reinhart Copy Share Image
The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to… — Steve Jurvetson Copy Share Image
In the immediate postwar era, financial crises in advanced countries were rare events, and before 1970 did not happen at all. Since… — Alan M. Taylor Copy Share Image
The default assumption is that - financial crises aside - growth will continue indefinitely. Not just for the poorest countries, where a… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
Anyone interested in the past, present, or future of banking and financial crises should read The Bankers' New Clothes. Admati and Hellwig… — Michael J. Boskin Copy Share Image
“Starting in 1792 with George Washington, there were financial crises every ten to fifteen years. Panics, bank runs, credit freezes, crashes, depressions.… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
