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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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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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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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I was a normal human being, but I did like that. I read a lot. I also liked math and science.
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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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Don't do anything stupd. And don't waste money. Let everybody else waste money and do stupid things then we'll buy them.
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I agree with people who say we want more income equality we want more consumer protection and we want sounder banks. I agree with all that.
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We do all that [ represent companies], because we have a lot of research in Japanese companies, and that research educates investors around the world. It allows us to sell stocks and bonds in Japanese companies.
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Finance went from being a small business, effectively, to being a big business. In part, that's the growth of the world's wealth. That's called savings.
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My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can reemerge - and maybe even stronger.
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If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage guarantee company which is done by the U.S. government, it should be guaranteed by the originators, i.e., the shareholder.
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I'm a really big believer - this is not a statement about President [Barack] Obama, but whoever is president - that good policy is really important.
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I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace and rationalization. And I think that's a good thing for a continent that went through hundreds of years of wars.
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Manipulating currencies is when you're going into the marketplace and buying something in large amounts to depress the value of the currency.
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I also believe that most of the emerging economies have a fairly large amount of foreign exchange reserves, relative to 10 years ago.
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It's offensive to me to be called a cost cutter.
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We've accommodated the new rules and regulations. We've served our clients and had quite good returns.
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We're going to do the right thing for the company and our customers, all things considered.
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The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.
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More people are working, lending is up and savings are up. These are all positive signs for a strengthening economy.
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It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.
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