Paul Volcker, tidigare chef för den amerikanska centralbanken Federal Reserve. På frågan om vilka nymodigheter i finansvärlden som bevisligen levererat samhällsnytta de senaste tjugo åren kom han bara på en enda. Bankomaten.
The hope of the twentieth century rests on its recognition that war and depression are man-made and needless. They can be avoided in the future by turning from ... nineteenth-century characteristics ... and going back to other characteristics that our Western society has always regarded as virtues: generosity, compassion, cooperation, rationality, and foresight, and finding an increased role in human life for love, spirituality, charity, and self-discipline. Carroll Quigley
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