Community Quote by Charles Dallara

When I was asked to manage some issues in Europe for the government, I didn't go to Parliament and just make a great speech…

— Tan Cheng Bock

The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

For highly indebted governments, low interest rates are critical to keep debt levels sustainable and ease pressure to restructure debt and recapitalize banks. The…

— Michael Spence

Comparing your family budget to the sovereign debt of the United States is a little like comparing two kindergartners tossing a paper airplane to…

— Matt Taibbi

I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to…

— Francois Hollande

But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think…

— George Papandreou

Spain is finding it very difficult to finance itself with sovereign debt risk premium so high.

— Mariano Rajoy

There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European…

— George Osborne

The Germans argue - and I can fully understand them - that the euro countries must surrender their sovereignty, because that is the only…

— Charles Dallara

“Private-sector preparedness is not a luxury; it is a cost of doing business in the post-9/11 world. It is ignored at a tremendous potential…

— The 9 11 Commission Report

The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much more efficient,…

— Mary Robinson

The one thing that flies in the face of all human history and experience, is that the government can do a superior job than…

— James Cook