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Tiptoeing on a tightrope past insider trading laws may be deft and clever, but it doesn't make it right.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: Clever Insider Laws Make May Past Right Tightrope Trading

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The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could develop. Investors have scant patience for the years of good governance - politically fraught fiscal restructuring, austerity and debt rescheduling - it takes to defuse a sovereign-debt crisis.

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Topics: Austerity Back Believe Confidence Could Crisis Debt Develop Fiscal Fraught Good Good Governance Governance Government Investor Investors Large Moment Patience Pay Politically Restructuring Says Scant Takes Will Years

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I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials taking jobs with companies that they have overseen or in roles that involve lobbying. At minimum, I'm pretty sure he felt that way about himself.

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Topics: About Against Companies Door Felt Generally Government Government Officials He Himself Involve Jobs Lobbying Minimum Mouth Officials Pretty Put Revolving Roles Sure Taking Think Want Way Words I Think

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Why do we have financial crises? Why do banks lose money? If history is any guide, it hasn't often been the result of speculative bets. It has been the result of banks making loans to individuals and businesses who can't pay them back.

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Topics: Any Back Banks Been Bets Businesses Crises Financial Guide History Individuals Loans Lose Making Money Often Pay Result Speculative Them Who Why

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In truth, a leader should either apologize, mean it and do something about it - or not apologize at all.

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Topics: About Apologize Either Leader Mean Should Something Truth

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Unfortunately, I think it's very difficult to separate policy from politics. In a perfect world, in some instances, you probably would want to. In other instances, you'd probably say that the political element is important because it should, in a perfect world, match what the stakeholders need or want, or what the public is after.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: After Because Difficult Element Important Match Need Other Perfect Perfect World Policy Political Politics Public Say Separate Should Some Stakeholders Think Unfortunately Very Want World Would You I Think

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No one suggested Lehman deserved to be saved. But the argument has been made that the crisis might have been less severe if it had been saved, because Lehman's failure created remarkable uncertainty in the market as investors became confused about the role of the government and whether it was picking winners and losers.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: About Argument Became Because Been Confused Created Crisis Deserved Failure Government Had Investors Less Losers Made Market Might Picking Remarkable Role Saved Severe Suggested Uncertainty Whether Winners

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In truth, Wall Street is in for a radical makeover. Fewer people, lower margins, lower risk, lower compensation - and ultimately, fewer talented people. It is likely to change the culture of an industry that for nearly a century has been the money center of the world.

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Topics: Been Center Century Change Compensation Culture Fewer Industry Likely Lower Makeover Margins Money Nearly People Radical Risk Street Talented Talented People Truth Ultimately Wall Wall Street World

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Forget about banks that are too big to fail; the focus should be on cities, municipalities and countries that are too big to fail.

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Topics: About Banks Big Cities Countries Fail Focus Forget Should Too

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In truth, in the fairy-tale version of bailing out Lehman, the next domino, A.I.G., would have fallen even harder. If the politics of bailing out Lehman were bad, the politics of bailing out A.I.G. would have been worse. And the systemic risk that a failure of A.I.G. posed was orders of magnitude greater than Lehman's collapse.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: February 19th, 1977

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