No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.

I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.

Europe is the most complicated place, in my opinion.

Just because we're stupid doesn't mean everybody else was.

More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.

Men, age 25 to 55, the labor-force participation rate is down 10%. That's unbelievable. There are 35,000 dying of opioids every year. Seventy percent of kids age 17 to 24 can't get into the US military because of health or education. Obesity, diabetes, reading and writing. Is that the society we wanted? No. We should be working on these things, acknowledge the flaws we have, and come up with solutions. Not Democrat. Not Republican. Not knee-jerk.

I agree with people who say we want more income equality; we want more consumer protection; and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.