Quote by Robert Skidelsky

The overwhelming majority of new mortgages are issued with government backing in a highly concentrated securitization market. That leaves us with both potential taxpayer…

— Jerome Powell

The 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act will reestablish a wall between commercial and investment banking, make our financial system more stable and secure, and protect…

— Elizabeth Warren

Financial innovation can be highly dangerous, though almost no one will tell you this. New financial products are typically created for sunny days and…

— Seth Klarman

“The idea, in the wake of the savings-and-loans disaster, was to spread risk outward from those immediately involved in lending to mortgage borrowers and…

— Adam Tooze

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the…

— Hillary Clinton

The administration will look at Glass-Steagall and what I referred to as the 21st-century Glass-Steagall as part of regulatory reform.

— Steve Mnuchin

“Since the 1970S, financial innova­tions such as the securitisation of mortgage debt and the spreading of investment risks through the creation of derivative markets,…

— David Harvey