we sort of ganged together, papered it over, and went on having learned nothing
I think that over the years, I probably have thought more about interconnectedness and the plumbing of the financial sys...
the entire structure a 'doom loop' because it is a repeated cycle of boom, bust, bailout.
My honest belief, having experienced it and having lived with it for years, is that the system would be stronger if we c...
I believe that the nature, the human makeup of an institution is extremely important.
First, we can't assume regulatory capacity adequate to the complexity of the financial markets.
I don't think they would be difficult to implement and I don't think it would be a regulatory issue. I think it would be...
we allowed fundamental regulatory arbitrage to lead to a very difficult situation
I think that, again, the traditional roles that said a bank in a bank holding company has access to the discount window,...
I think that is the goal of many people on this Committee, maybe not everybody, but I think many people.
the 'too big to fail' is a form of implicit subsidy from the taxpayer, which lowers the cost of funding for these deriva...
I do not think many people at all have been held accountable for what is going on.
the taxpayer had to step in because there wasn't enough capital in the private sector to cover the risks
You certainly need regulation. You need the right regulation. And you need a strong regulatory structure, but it is not ...
They have just cut my line of credit in half and raised the interest rates by 10 or 12 percent.
The launching system is relocatable, so you could move these. You wouldn't have to buy another set.
So that both in terms of acquisition of the target and launching to intercept, Alaska is well positioned vis-a-vis Iran ...
Does that enhance our ability to acquire the target and engage it?