Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy. Alistair Darling economyfinancegoal Change image and share on social
The very nature of finance is that it cannot be profitable unless it is significantly leveraged... and as long as there is debt, there can be failure and contagion. Alan Greenspan contagiondebtfailure Change image and share on social
The transaction cost approach maintains that some projects are easy to finance by debt and ought to be financed by debt. These are projects for which physical-asset specificity is low to moderate. Oliver E. Williamson approachassetcost Change image and share on social
Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work. benefitbigcampaign share on social
I was a great student at a great school, Wharton School of Finance. Donald Trump financegreatschool Change image and share on social
Wall Street has too much wealth and political power. Charlie Munger politicalpowerstreet Change image and share on social
I tend to split my activities into fun, income and legacy. The number of things in that finance bucket is pretty few and far between and doesn't consume much time at all. Timothy Ferriss activitybucketconsume Change image and share on social
These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow. Henrik Ibsen beadfinancefollow Change image and share on social
The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully. James Altucher carefullyfinancehide Change image and share on social
Many dotcoms recruited people from existing companies who were quite experienced in finance, marketing, distribution and other disciplines but not necessarily experienced in the Web culture. John Patrick companyculturediscipline Change image and share on social