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We all know that Americans love their statistics – in sport, obviously. And in finance too.
I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there’s about 50 people with producer credits, so what’s the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance.
I worked with a group of people who argued day and night – professors, officials, the Minister of Finance – but there were decisions that I had to make.
My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs – the adversary is the world of finance.
My adversary is the world of finance.
I don’t want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn’t the same thing. Let’s call them ‘project bonds’ instead of euro bonds.
These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.
In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.
There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits.
Rounding to the nearest cent is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes.