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If you have the choice, it's far better to say, That person has the job, and they really don't need that much of my oversight. Maybe they don't need any of it.

Jamie Dimon

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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Good regulation should be conducive to business and to customer protection.
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The question is how do you do it [more consumer protection] so that it actually works that way? And that takes analysis, and sometimes collaboration between government and business, to understand how that works.
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If I ran the whole place like it was my way or the highway, we would not be as good a company. I'm going to have mistakes - they'll be made on my watch and will embarrass me. But I'll also make sure the company learns from them so it can become a better company.
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We represent companies from around the world who say, I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan.
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Because of that [Brexit], you're going to have slow growth and, unfortunately, while there may not be huge volatility, there will be volatility.
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Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .
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It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter.
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I think what you've seen them do recently in the markets is what most of us learn doesn't ultimately work. But I think everyone has to figure that on their own.
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I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.
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I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.
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I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.
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I do believe that some of these regulations made the markets more volatile, and it remains to be seen how bad that can be.
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Dodd-Frank and independent actions of banks go a long way in terms of progress on capital, liquidity, transparency, living wills (plans for winding down a bank in the event of a collapse) and resolutions.
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You have your own culture and your own ways of doing things. I hope Japan continues on this path.
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You've seen certain credit type products that are going to be in nonbanks, like sophisticated CLO [collateralized loan obligation] tranches and stuff where the capital charge is so high that a bank simply will not own it. Someone will buy it, hedge it, trade it. But it won't typically be a bank.
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You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, It could have been much better.
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If business doesn't thrive, it hurts America. We need improved relations, more collaboration, more thought and more consistency as we go about trying to make sure we have the best country in the world. Not scapegoating and finger-pointing.
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And if you're going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself? Would I want to work for you in this job? Would I let my children work for you? Would I give you this job if I wasn't there to provide oversight? If you went to run another company, would I, as an investor, invest in that company?
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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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I believe it's a good thing that people say, Can we find a way to live together in peace? And they did, for the most part.
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