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In Chapter 5 we consider swindles and defalcations. It happens that crashes and panics often are precipitated by the revelation of some misfeasance, malfeasance, or malversation (the corruption of officials) engendered during the mania. It seems clear from the historical record that swindles are a response to the greedy appetite for wealth stimulated by the boom. And as the monetary system gets stretched, institutions lose liquidity, and unsuccessful swindles are about to be revealed, the temptation to take the money and run becomes virtually irresistible. It is difficult to write on this subject without permitting the typewriter to drip with irony. An attempt will be made. ↗

— Charles P. Kindleberger

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(…) my money guy Richard is going without a tie now, like a politician who wants to appeal to the suffering common man (or perhaps every morning his firm takes the ties and shoelaces away from the brokers and financial planners to keep them from offing themselves) ↗

— Jess Walter

#finance #humor #suicide #money

Money is the last taboo. People will talk about their sex lives before they discuss their finances. Mac McGregor, Insiders ↗

— Marvin H McIntyre

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Down with the Miserable Moneygrumps ™! ↗

— Melissa D. Stiveson

#how-to #melissa-d-stiveson #melissa-stiveson #miserable-moneygrumps #personal-budget

Be a Cinchy Saver ™! ↗

— Melissa D. Stiveson

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Ignorance is bliss, except when it hurts ↗

— Paul Knott

#humor #money #money

The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#greed #money #power #money

Finance, like time, devours its own children. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#devours #finance #like #own #time

In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

#bureau #could #enlightened #films #finance

There is no romance without finance. ↗

— John Fox

#humor #love #love