If your uniform isn't dirty, you haven't been in the game.

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

I don't think that Chinese ownership of U.S. assets is so large as to put our country at risk economically.

Under current law, on January 1, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases.

It is not the responsibility of the Federal Bank - nor would it be appropriate - to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their decisions

In fact, the world needs more nerds.

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