Willem Buiter Quotes

• Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.

  Willem Buiter

  Self, Political, Politics

  "With Grenfell Tower, we've seen what 'ripping up red tape' really looks like" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. June 15, 2017.

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• Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before there is a material risk of a fundamentally unnecessary default by a country like Spain or Italy which would be a financial catastrophe dragging the European banking system and North America with it. So they have to act now.

  Willem Buiter

  Running, Country, Thinking

  "New Italy PM fails to calm financial markets". "AM" with Sabra Lane, www.abc.net.au. November 17, 2011.

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