I'm A Better Economist Than I Was

Indeed, Better Risk Management May Be The Only Truly Necessary Element Of Success In Banking.

I'm A Plain Soap Kind Of Guy.

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.

I Am Saddened That It Is Politically Inconvenient To Acknowledge What Everyone Knows: The Iraq War Is Largely About Oil.

If Prices Go Down, We Will Have Problems - Problems In The Sense Of Spillover To Other Areas.