Barry Silbert Quotes
We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enthusiastic as ever about Bitcoin as a global currency and, really more importantly, Bitcoin as a global financial rail.
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There is a big divergence between views on a variety of policy issues from fiscal stimulus to financial regulation. It's my hope and my ambition for the economics profession that as we advance our knowledge, that those discussions will narrow in their focus, and that it will help to have more prudent policy-making down the road.
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There are very few fundamental shifts in global infrastructure that can happen in our life times. The financial infrastructure is one of them, and the Blockchain is changing the way we think about the transfer of value.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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The financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.
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I had a financial page to write in the Mail on Sunday where I'd give tips on shares. I worked there for two and a half years. Nothing compares to the burst of energy felt on a newsroom floor when a big story breaks.
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.
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I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the U.K. economy. We're in a German rather than a Greek position in international financial markets, which is very positive and keeps our debt service costs down, and we're also beginning to see real evidence of rebalancing.
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When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.
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If you look at the history of large financial institutions, most of them have succeeded because of a deep presence in their home market.
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I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.
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I'm very interested in science.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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The Internet is programmable information. The blockchain is programmable scarcity.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.
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We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.
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The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
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The financial crisis involved significant failures in the functioning, regulation, and supervision of OTC derivatives markets.
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I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime crisis would be contained. The causal relationship between the housing problem and the broad financial system was very complex and difficult to predict.
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Having someone cook all your meals is the best vacation ever!
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Although anything can happen when under the influence of ice water.
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Seeing death is not as difficult as you might think. What's harder is to see people suffer. It's the people the dead left behind that get to you.
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We are very excited about the use of blockchain, whether it's Bitcoin or not, but we are as enthusiastic as ever about Bitcoin as a global currency and, really more importantly, Bitcoin as a global financial rail.
