“I saw the government really using the excuse of a weak economy and a financial crisis to create more government and to push onto the American entrepreneurial society more and more restraints and government activity.” GovernmentEconomySawsActivityWeakCrisisFinancialExcuseRestraintEntrepreneurialFinancial Crisis Author:Rob Portman
“If you followed this economic crisis and you do not think that the world is getting flatter, you are not paying attention. We saw the entire global economy at one time acting totally in sync. The real truth is the world is even flatter than I thought. Our mortgage crisis is killing Deutsche Bank. You still don't think the world is flat?” IfsThinkingWorldStillsRealActingAttentionEconomySawsEconomicTruth IsCrisisKillingPay AttentionFlatsOne TimeMortgageGlobal EconomyEconomic CrisisSyncReal TruthWorld Is FlatMortgage Crisis Author:Thomas Friedman
“We figured the interesting question for them is, "Where has the family been since 2006, since the last time we saw them?" So, part of the time, we had to spend answering that question. Then, inevitably, it goes up to a point of crisis, in everyone's show. There was just no getting around that it was about 2006-2012.” ShowsLastsInterestingSawsCrisisLast Time Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“I saw [Ronald] Reagan. I've watched Jimmy Carter and his selflessness, getting involved in things like votes in African countries, but also putting his foot right into the whole Israel-Palestine crisis. Sometimes into places where people are going, "Why are you doing that?" .” PeopleCountrySometimesWholeSawsFeetInvolvedVoteCrisisIsraelSelflessnessPalestineJimmyCarter Author:David Mandel
“African Americans, in particular, saw their cumulative wealth crash. They used to have 10 cents on the dollar of the average white family. That 10 cents on the dollar that the African American family used to have crashed down to 5 cents on the dollar, given the focus of predatory lending on the African American community and the degree to which they were really devastated by the foreclosure crisis. So yeah, I think there is a lot of disappointment out there.” ThinkingUsedGivenCommunityWealthWhiteSawsFocusParticularDegreesCrisisYeahDollarsAverageDisappointmentAfrican AmericanCentsCrashLendingDevastatedAmerican FamilyCumulativePredatoryForeclosure Author:Jill Stein
“When I was a Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented principled people who made their living in finance. But even thought I represented them and did all I could to make sure they continued to prosper, I called for closing the carried interest loophole and addressing skyrocketing CEO pay. I also was calling in '06, '07 for doing something about the mortgage crisis, because I saw every day from Wall Street literally to main streets across New York how a well-functioning financial system is essential.” PeopleWellsMadeInterestPaySawsStreetsNew YorkWallCallingEssentialsCrisisFinancialFinanceSenatorsCeoClosingMortgageLoopholesPrincipledFinancial SystemMain StreetMortgage Crisis Author:Hillary Clinton
“My family endured a big crisis after my father's business went bankrupt and we went from having a comfortable life to having virtually nothing. I saw from that moment how fragile and precarious life can be and you have to work very hard not just to survive but also to accomplish something in life and fulfill your dreams.” HardMomentsDreamBigsFatherSawsComfortableMy FamilyCrisisAccomplishYour DreamsThat MomentFragilePrecariousComfortable Life Author:Shakira
“I think another crisis, which is being predicted now and which will be worse than what we saw in 2008, could bring the European Union down unless there are huge reforms from within to democratize, to give more power to the regions, etc. If this doesn't happen, the European Union will fall.” IfsThinkingGivingHappensFallSawsHugeCrisisUnionsReformEtcRegionsEuropean Union Author:Tariq Ali
“'Nobody goes to jail.' This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth - and nobody went to jail.” WorldFactsWealthCompanyMillionsSawsStreetsWallMajorsCrisisDollarsFinancialCriminalsBillionsDestroyedErasJailScandalMantrasObsceneFinancial Crisis Author:Matt Taibbi
“The DC 9/11: Time of Crisis film was hard to get the part; I had to audition three times. It was very serious and very sobering. We studied and tried to re-create all the stuff that we all saw that day.” HardFilmThreeStuffSawsSeriousCrisisAuditionsThree TimesTimes Of Crisis Author:Timothy Bottoms