You Could Argue The Banks Are Much

I Think That Fans Are Always Looking For Someone To Blame. Wouldn't It Be Nice If They Looked In The Mirror?

A Banking System Is An Act Of Faith: It Survives Only For As Long As People Believe It Will.

The Moulin Rouge Is, Like The West Village And The Nasdaq, One Of Those Places That People Who Don't Like To Take Risks Come To For The Thrill Of Being On The Spot Where Risks Once Were Taken.

The Incentive For The Outsider Is To Attack The System Right Up To The Moment He Is Co-opted By It. The Incentive For The Insider -and This Took Some Getting Used To- Is To Allow Yourself To Be Attacked, And Then Co-opt Your Most Ferocious Attackers, And Their Best Ideas. The Effect On The System As A Whole Is To Make It More Stable, Because Everyone Winds Up Working On Its Behalf.

You Could Argue The Banks Are Much Better Capitalised Than They Were Going Into The Crisis, And Everyone's In A Much More Vigilant State Because They Still Remember The Crisis.