When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians read more

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out.

What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. read more

What is high finance? It’s knowing the difference between one and ten, multiplying, subtracting and adding. You just add noughts. It’s no more than that.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation read more

FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the i long and the accent on the first syllable is one of America's most precious discoveries and possessions.

It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you.