Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
Alan GreenspanCrony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
Alan GreenspanI do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.
Alan GreenspanIt is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said.
Alan Greenspan