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I think the free-enterprise system has been great for society. That doesn't mean it's completely perfect. And also, when people say capitalism, I'm not really sure what they mean.

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Jamie Dimon
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: March 13
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It might be harder for us to charge a higher interest rate, like they do, so it might not be as profitable for us. But we can either compete or partner, like we've announced with On Deck, which does some of the stuff we just spoke about.
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Any good job is a good job. This whole concept of a dead-end job? It's not true. I've heard it my whole life. Jobs lead to dignity. If you're good at the first, then you can get the second. Jobs lead to household formation. Jobs are a better solution for society.
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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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I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
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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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It's moderate growth, with some parts of the world better than people think, and better than last year [2015].
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Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.
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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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We take smaller companies and middle-sized companies, all around the world, and we do currency exchange for them we raise bonds and equities for them and we do inventory finance, trade finance, and custody of assets.
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We, Americans, have the best country on the planet. We have schools, universities, food, water, energy, peaceful neighbors, low corruption, you name it, deepest and widest capital markets. That doesn't mean we shouldn't identify problems. We don't have a divine right to success.
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JP Morgan always has higher capital liquidity, that is partially to make up for mistakes and problems and obviously its a tough economy. We support an oversight committee, we supported some of the compensation, new compensation rules, though we already follow most of them. We support a lot of it.
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Capping the size of American banks won't eliminate the needs of big businesses it will force them to turn to foreign banks that won't face the same restrictions.
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When the government gets involved in pricing, I don't think it's the right way to look at a business.
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Our investment bank looks like it does because its customers like our expansive network and want to do equity, debt, M&A, custody, move money, deposit money, et cetera.
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I am struck that so many of our leaders in the U.S. forget how strong our country can be.
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I don't think that [normalization] necessarily is going to damage the emerging economies.
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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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I do want the tax system to be efficient and be conducive to growth, which it is not.
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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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If you went to all those little towns in America, JPMorgan was there in good times and bad times, and, in fact, helped a lot of people through the tough times. And we know that's when they need us the most.
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