You don't make a system more effective by increasing the number of regulators. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
I think it is asking a lot for regulators to be perfect - because they won't be. — Henry Paulson Copy Share Image
Competition leads both drug companies and private regulators to be trustworthy. If they are not trustworthy, they die. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
My view is that Washington and the regulators are there to serve the banks. — Spencer Bachus Copy Share Image
Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human. — George Soros Copy Share Image
We've put a lot of attention and care into regulation and interfacing with regulators. — Sam Bankman-Fried Copy Share Image
SVB is a clear case of regulators refusing to do their job despite the fact that all the signs, all the red… — Katie Britt Copy Share Image
You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact… — Blythe Masters Copy Share Image
I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach -… — Chris Gabrieli Copy Share Image
There is, and always has been, one tremendous ruler of the human race - and that ruler is that combination of the… — Thomas Reed Copy Share Image
We should probably stop trading derivatives, anything more complex than regular options ... I am an options trader, and I don't understand… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the… — Piyush Goyal Copy Share Image
[The government involvement in the economy] is so overwhelming and beyond anything we have ever seen, that we risk moving this country… — Tom J. Donohue Copy Share Image
Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things. If we could figure out that the subprime thing was a train wreck that was… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively. The problem is not lack of… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
The big Wall Street firms, seemingly so shrewd and self-interested, had somehow become the dumb money. The people who ran them did… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
What I do know is, in little more than 30 years, we have gone from a nation where the “quiet enjoyment” of… — Vin Suprynowicz Copy Share Image
The financial collapse of 2008 got its start with predatory mortgages, that weren’t sold by community banks and credit unions, they were… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
However, you have to recognize that regulations will never be completely successful and they will always be full of holes. You must… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Debt, we've learned, is the match that lights the fire of every crisis. Every crisis has its own set of villains -… — Andrew Ross Sorkin Copy Share Image
“Whereas if they change a rule and something good happens, they don’t even get a reward. So, it’s very asymmetric. It’s then… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
The securitisation of mortgages added a new dimension of systemic risk. Financial engineers claimed they were reducing risks through geographic diversification: in… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Our party [Republicans] has been focused on big business too long. I came through small business. I understand how hard it is… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
A nervous excitability, a chronic exaltation of the passion, in which commingle the inferior life of the individual and its exterior manifestations,… — Kadmi Cohen Copy Share Image
The global financial crisis is a great opportunity to showcase and propagate both causal and moral institutional analysis. The crisis shows major… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
I want to say something, and it may sound harsh, not to you, but to the American people. In a sense, in… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
It's not enough say, "Look, bankers were immensely greedy and that they committed lots of frauds." I mean, that's not, they were… — Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky Copy Share Image
Government barriers on Business For example, the Endangered Species Act prevents 'disturbing the habitat' of the spotted owl. That has restricted 4.2… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In a world of businessmen and financial intermediaries who aggressively seek profit, innovators will always outpace regulators; the authorities cannot prevent changes… — Hyman Minsky Copy Share Image
Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Financial regulators should be particularly attentive to the financial consequences of their actions. — Eugene Scalia Copy Share Image
“The August 2003 blackout was a wake-up call for both industry and government regulators.” — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image