Collapse Quote by Eugene Mirman

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money…

— Angela Merkel

In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this recession, that the people be spending their money, not the…

— George W Bush

I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.

— Fareed Zakaria

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

One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and…

— Robert J. Samuelson

It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.

— Ha-Joon Chang

When we look at economic crises, it is more often policy makers do too little than too much.

— Brian Deese

There is a basic lesson on financial crises that governments tend to wait too long, underestimate the risks, want to do too little. And…

— Timothy Geithner

So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to it.

— Barack Obama

It's better to have the taxpayer pay for the losses than have the United States of America become an economic wasteland. If the financial…

— Henry Paulson

I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.

— James Woods

"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water shortages, disappearing…

— Jonathon Porritt