“The future will be less predictable, forecast rises will shrink, company lifetimes will shrink, new entrants will proliferate and it’s going to just get more unpredictable. If you thought financial crises came and went, just count on them – another economic collapse, it’s almost going to be like not news any more. But for startups this is great, because it’s a perpetual driver of disruption.” IfsCompanyEconomicNewsCrisisLifetimeFinancialDriversCollapsePerpetualUnpredictableShrinksPredictableDisruptionFinancial CrisisForecastsEconomic Collapse Author:Steve Jurvetson
“Economic and financial crisis are getting much more usual, and they are not confined to a given country but they immediately spread all over the world, and you have to be prepared for that.” WorldCountryGivenEconomicCrisisPreparedFinancialSpreadUsualBe PreparedConfinedFinancial Crisis Author:Sebastian Pinera
“The global financial crisis - missed by most analysts - shows that most forecasters are poor at pricing in economic/financial risks, let alone geopolitical ones.” ShowsPoorRiskEconomicCrisisFinancialAnalystsFinancial CrisisPricingGeopoliticalFinancial Risk Author:Nouriel Roubini
“One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financial crisis in decades - possibly since the Great Depression - and the one group that spends most of its waking hours analyzing the economy basically missed it.” HoursEconomyGroupsEconomicCrisisFinancialDecadesWakingEconomistSpectacularIntriguingGreat DepressionAnalyzingFinancial CrisisEconomic CrisisSubplots Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighting but also how you build political support for moving forward on reforming the financial system, making sure that the banks are carrying enough capital.” EnoughMovingPoliticalPresidentSupportEconomicCrisisFinancialMoving ForwardPresident ObamaGood SenseFinancial CrisisFinancial SystemFirefighting Author:Lael Brainard
“She [Carolyn Maloney] knows the financial issues, that's why we thought she was perfect because we're in a - we're in, as you know, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, and I know that she'll see the whole picture.” KnowsWholePerfectIssuesEconomicCrisisFinancialFinancial CrisisEconomic CrisisWhole Picture Author:Eleanor Smeal