Blow Quote by James Surowiecki

Fraud really thrives in moments of great social change and transition. We're in the midst of a technological revolution. That gives con artists huge…

— Maria Konnikova

Wall Street, with its army of brokers, analysts, and advisers funneling trillions of dollars into mutual funds, hedge funds, and private equity funds, is…

— Michael Lewis

Get-educated-quick schemes are usually about as sound as subprime mortgage-backed securities: Enticing but basically fraudulent.

— Tucker Carlson

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

— Richard Whately

I want to say something, and it may sound harsh, not to you, but to the American people. In a sense, in my view,…

— Bernie Sanders

“It is ludicrous to believe that asset bubbles can only be recognized in hindsight,” he wrote. “There are specific identifiers that are entirely recognizable…

— Michael Lewis

It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that…

— Charles Ferguson

Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.

— Bernard Madoff

The propensity to swindle grows parallel with the propensity to speculate during a boom the implosion of an asset price bubble always leads to…

— Charles P. Kindleberger

Some of the largest financial institutions can build a profit model on tricking people.

— Elizabeth Warren

When times are bad is when the real entrepreneurs emerge.

— Robert Kiyosaki

If, however, a government refrains from regulations and allows matters to take their course, essential commodities soon attain a level of price out of…

— John Maynard Keynes