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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.
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
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.
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.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.
The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.
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.
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of read more
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple read more
The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths.
