Bank Quote by Joseph Stiglitz

“Myth: Bail-in plans would recapitalize big banks. Fact: big banks are far too insolvent to remotely be in a position for such restoration.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

If anything, the bailouts actually hindered lending, as banks became more like house pets that grow fat and lazy on two guaranteed meals a…

— Matt Taibbi

We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to…

— George Osborne

I think the bailouts in 2008 were wrong. And I think, you look in hindsight, it was a lot of misinformation that was presented…

— Steve Bannon

I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have…

— Timothy Noah

Bailouts may have been more tolerable in the early 1990s when they were rare and their use for a failing bank was uncertain. That…

— Jerome Powell

“the correct leadership here is to step up and say this is not a bailout for the american people. this is giving CASH to…

— Dylan Ratigan

“That being said, it may be that opponents of bailouts are not worried about public officials' behavior at all. Perhaps the strategic behavior that…

— Richard Schragger

While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.

— Julianne Malveaux

The Great Bailout is mostly over for the banks. But for those troubled behemoths of the nation's housing bust, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,…

— Charles Duhigg

The banks are not lending, at least from what I see. They were so wild and reckless back in the good times that they…

— Ben Stein

As American citizens, if you believe all banks were bailed out, you would hate banks. I would, too.

— Jamie Dimon