If you owe your bank manager a thousand pounds, you are at his mercy. If you owe him a million pounds, he is at your mercy.
John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes Non-trivial understanding of the financial sector, credit, and the banking system.
Alan M. TaylorAlan M. Taylor The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
Lord ActonLord Acton Every time a bank swoops down to snatch up a home, it should be met with a crowd of jeering, obstructive neighbors. And although this may be point 4.5, how about organizing a mass refusal to pay back student loans?
Barbara EhrenreichBarbara Ehrenreich If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, it has.
John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes Whether a bank lent one million, ten million, or a hundred millions, they would not permanently alter the market rate of interest; they would alter only the value of the money they issued.
David RicardoDavid Ricardo Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power.
David RicardoDavid Ricardo Money is created through bank debt. When you go for a mortgage through a bank, they give you $100,000 to buy a house and basically send you out into the world to bring back $200,000 in the next twenty years. The first $100,000 is principal, and the second is interest.
Bernard LietaerBernard Lietaer
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