As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.
In New York, you couldn't wish for a nicer audience, or in L.A., Chicago, Boston. But when you get into secondary markets, they don't have a clue.
I think one of the key differentiators I bring to the table as a venture capitalist is a solid understanding of the public markets and how they operate.
Having an investor on your board of directors who is naive about public markets or finds them complex or scary is non-optimal.
Traders can cause short-term volatility. In the long run, the market must revert to a sensible price/earnings multiple.
I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.
Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws.
The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.
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I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.
Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.
The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.
If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills. Clearly I'm not meant to do anything else.
When you have risk aversion in Japan, the normal day-to-day outflows that happen in a normal market environment slow down.
I strongly believe that for the steel prices to be market-driven, without distortions, we need to substantially increase the production capacity.
The marketers can compete with free; it just has to be better. Look at bottled water if you don't believe me.
Reducing trade barriers with this key ally will go a long way toward increasing market access for American farmers, manufacturers and service providers.
We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.
There's no statistical evidence that human beings have an ability to move in and out of the markets effectively. It's next to impossible.
What I've learned in 40 years of consumer reporting is that the market is imperfect, and some people get ripped off.
I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester.
