• If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.

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  Ben Bernanke

  EconomistAmerican1953 · 20th century

  3.6 · 18 votes · 114 reads

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• Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.

  B

  Ben Bernanke

  EconomistAmerican1953 · 20th century

  3.8 · 61 votes · 76 reads

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• In crises the most daring course is often safest.

  

  Henry A. Kissinger

  PoliticianGerman1923 · 20th century

  4.0 · 50 votes · 178 reads

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• Interest rates do not have to be identical across the whole euro area, but it is unacceptable if major differences arise from broken capital markets or concern about a euro area break-up.

  

  Mario Draghi

  EconomistItalian1947 · 20th century

  4.8 · 11 votes · 96 reads

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• It is very difficult to predict when a bond crisis could happen.

  

  Alan Greenspan

  EconomistAmerican1926 · 20th century

  3.0 · 34 votes · 73 reads

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• The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung economic growth and led to sharp declines in the values of many homes and businesses.

  B

  Ben Bernanke

  EconomistAmerican1953 · 20th century

  3.6 · 8 votes · 70 reads

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• The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions.

  B

  Ben Bernanke

  EconomistAmerican1953 · 20th century

  4.3 · 32 votes · 68 reads

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• The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right!

  

  William Shakespeare

  WriterBritish1564 · 16th century

  3.6 · 60 votes · 84 reads

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• The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

  

  Aristotle

  PhilosopherGreek-384 · 4th century BC

  4.8 · 58 votes · 158 reads

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• The world economy today is recovering slowly, and there are still some destabilising factors and uncertainties. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis is far from over.

  

  Hu Jintao

  PoliticianChinese1942 · 20th century

  4.0 · 21 votes · 85 reads

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• There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

  

  Henry A. Kissinger

  PoliticianGerman1923 · 20th century

  3.4 · 42 votes · 96 reads

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• There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

  

  Mario Draghi

  EconomistItalian1947 · 20th century

  4.8 · 11 votes · 89 reads

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• These are the times that try men's souls.

  

  Thomas Mann

  AuthorGerman1875 · 19th century

  4.7 · 23 votes · 190 reads

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• We all have our problems and we are working to find a solution to ours and also to help the eurozone. We expect that other countries should do the same, that they be prudent in their statements.

  

  Mariano Rajoy

  PoliticianSpanish1955 · 20th century

  4.2 · 39 votes · 24 reads

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• We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

  

  Barack Obama

  PoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century

  3.4 · 26 votes · 173 reads

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• We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

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  T. S. Eliot

  PoetAmerican1888 · 19th century

  3.5 · 17 votes · 4 reads

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• We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.

  

  Warren Buffett

  BusinessmanAmerican1930 · 20th century

  4.7 · 21 votes · 106 reads

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• When written in Chinese, the word ''crisis'' is composed of two characters - one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.

  

  John F. Kennedy

  PoliticianAmerican1917 · 20th century

  3.7 · 12 votes · 41 reads

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• You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.

  

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  PoliticianPortuguese1956 · 20th century

  3.1 · 12 votes · 110 reads

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