At a minimum, proprietary trading ought to be financed by banks own capital.

Rather, the banking system is at the brink of insolvency, with a permanent loss in equity capital.

Mercantilist growth was based on and to some extent required pushing capital out rather than attracting it.

They will continue to deprive the banking system of its equity capital, with little chance of it being recouped in the near future.

The lack of equity resulted largely from the concept of limited liability, which provided an incentive for excessive leveraging.

Corporations, moreover, are holding the largest amounts of cash, relative to assets and net worth, ever recorded.

In earlier times, growth was fueled by capital scarcity capital investment attracted a high rate of return, and this created a virtuous circle of saving and investment.

I am convinced that we need an overall cap on leverage on banks balance sheets, regardless of risk asset weightings or value at risk measurements. The fact that equity to asset ratios are currently averaging out at about 3 tells you everything that you need to know about the inadequacy of the current pro cyclical capital requirement framework.

The fact that equity to asset ratios are currently averaging out at about 3 tells you everything that you need to know about the inadequacy of the current pro cyclical capital requirement framework.

In addition, the negative impact of low child quality on economic performance is amplified by the diluting effect of population growth on the accumulation of physical capital.

For example, it is difficult to find evidence that countries that freed up capital flows have experienced sustained economic growth as a result.

By 2012, human capital s contribution to China s GDP growth fell almost to zero, with fixed capital accumulation accounting for roughly 60 of total growth.

He's a victim of his own success.

She's a victim of her own success.

Tom killed his own father.

Tom murdered his own father.

Tom is afraid of his own son.

Mary is afraid of her own son.

He killed his own father.

She killed her own father.

He murdered his own father.

She murdered her own father.

Tom betrayed his own brother.

Banks would scale down their balance sheets in proportion to their reported equity losses and exacerbate the credit crunch from which the world is already suffering today.

For, even if growth continues at its current pace, more capital will be needed, especially for small and mid sized banks.

Capital spending (outside the energy sector) and residential investment would strengthen as growth accelerated.

Regulators have proposed steep hikes a Bank of England study, for example, suggested a more than three fold increase.

Lack of equity capital, in turn, made risk averse shareholders hire gamblers to manage their limited liability investment companies.

As a result, commercial providers of debt or equity cannot get the high returns and quick exits that they seek.

UNOPS provides start up funds from its administrative budget only in order to leverage the first one or two projects.

Thereafter, the earnings from these projects serve to leverage additional projects and to replenish the administrative budget.

According to figures released by the American investment bank Salomon Brothers, the return of flight capital was estimated at around 40 billion for Latin America in 1991, led by Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.

In addition, financial globalization would allow poor nations to smooth out the boom and bust cycles associated with temporary terms of trade shocks and other bouts of bad luck.

Sound economic policies, sustainable economic growth, and adequate rates of return on investment tend to reverse capital flight.

So the positive productivity shock should have raised the return to capital and, hence, equilibrium real interest rates.

GENEVA When financial policymakers attempt to promote economic growth, they almost invariably focus on looking for new ways to unleash capital.

Foreign capital inflows would allow them to draw on the savings of rich countries, increase their investment rates, and stimulate growth.

You lose your sense of self.

Where is our dignity?

You should be ashamed of your ignorance.

They elect their own chief.

The moon doesn't have light of its own.

Tom doesn't own a car.

This company is a victim of its own success.

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