Bankers Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer.

— Ogden Nash

Bankers are just like anybody else, only richer

— Ogden Nash

Bankers, they're not harmed by their mistakes. They benefit when things go right, and the society pays the price.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If you want better behavior from bankers, then make their financial incentives more like those in the hedge-fund world - where managers have 'skin…

— David Ignatius

An interesting attribute of public banks is that they don't only de-risk the downside, but also get a share of the upside.

— Mariana Mazzucato

People are pretty simple: they do what they are rewarded for doing. If they get multimillion-dollar bonuses by taking huge risks with other people's…

— William D. Cohan

Bankers are likeable rascals. Now that we are all wise to 'em, it's been shown that they don't know any more about finances than…

— Will Rogers

If bankers can push the loans and make more profits for the bank, they get paid higher bonuses. They often also get stock options.…

— Michael Hudson

“The picture of bankers slavering after bonuses soon after they had been rescued by government bailouts was not only outrageous but also pitiable -…

— Raghuram G. Rajan

“A bonus or subsidy can be paid only by taking money out of the pockets of all the people in order that it shall…

— Andrew Mellon

Personally I think the highs of Bankers are not unlike the cravings for drugs and alcohol which is why the two might overlap...

— Kyle MacDonald

Of course, bankers were always interested in making money. But when bankers had clients, they bore some responsibility for the clients' welfare.

— Barry Schwartz