Financial System Quotes

43 quotes by 32 authors

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis. — Ben Bernanke
I no longer care about the financial system. I gave them my roadmap. OK? Thanks, bye. I've no idea what's going on. I'm disconnected. I'm… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A rentier is an investor whose relationship to a company or enterprise is strictly limited to the ownership of financial wealth (such as stocks or… — Doug Henwood
The financial system as a whole has had the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme if we look at it fundamentally. — Tim Lee
Like it or not, we have to have a financial system that is healthy and functioning. — Barack Obama
On balance, the financial system subracts value from society — John C. Bogle
The financial system in its current condition poses an existential threat to Western democracy far exceeding any terrorist threat. — John Lanchester
We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through the… — David Mamet
A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage… — George Soros
High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.Historically the financial system has been structured in favour of moneyed interests, that is, creditors. — Linda McQuaig
The financial system has been turned over to the Federal Reserve Board. That Board administers the finance system by authority of a purely profiteering group.… — Charles August Lindbergh
Ironically, the universities have trained hundreds of thousands of graduates for jobs that soon will not exist. They have trained people to maintain a structure… — Chris Hedges
In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional… — Timothy Geithner
We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a… — Lawrence Summers
We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system. — Ben Bernanke
I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and the… — Ben Bernanke
The Bankers' New Clothes makes a simple, powerful argument: that banks need to raise more capital. It is entirely persuasive that the extent of their… — Diane Coyle
The Death of Money is an engrossing account of the massive stresses accumulating in the global financial system, especially since the 2008 financial crisis. Jim… — John H. Makin
You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system. — Barack Obama
The rest of the world needs the US economy and financial system to recover in order for it to revive. We remain at the center… — Timothy Geithner

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