Insure Banks Quote by Gillian Tett

“In post-modern finance, everybody took a risk when lending or borrowing.”

— B. Barmanbek

“... low interest rates and cheap credit also cause people to act foolishly or greedily ...”

— Fareed Zakaria

“Goldman Sachs and other investment banks understood the ensuing problem so well that they began betting against the very mortgage-backed securities they were underwriting!”

— Douglas Rushkoff

“What enables banks – and the entire economy – to survive and flourish is our trust in the future. This trust is the sole…

— Yuval Noah Harari

I don't trust a bank that would lend money to such a poor risk.

— Robert Benchley

Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“A rule of capitalism: whoever takes the most financial risk gets the rewards.”

— Derek Sivers

It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause.

— James Grant

“Hope is the universal currency of a recession. Invest it wisely!”

— Paul Guildea

“The talk began about bank loans and investments.”

— Pam Muñoz Ryan