Japan, Europe, [and] America Probably [are] Better

Part Of [japanese Companies] Growing And Expanding Around The World Is ... Going To Help The Japanese Keep Their Lifestyles [despite Japan's] Demographics, As A Declining Population, And [to] Make It More Conducive To Women To Go To Work, I Think, Is A Plus.

At Travelers, We Were Much More Opportunistic. It Was Very Successful, But It Wasn't An Integrated Financial Services Company. We Had A Property Casualty Company, A Life Company, A Brokerage Company. We Were A Financial Conglomerate. It Wasn't A Unified, Coordinated Strategy Of Any Sort. When It Merged With Citi, That Became A Big Issue; Citi, At That Time, Wasn't Yet A Fully Integrated, Coordinated Company.

A Democracy Is A Compromise By Its Nature. It's Not A Dictatorship.

Remember That Banks Aren't Markets. The Market Is Amoral. The Market Doesn't Care Who You Are. You're A Trade To The Market. The Market Will Sell You If They Think You're Riskier. Banks Didn't Do That

When People Talk About People Being Left Behind - Middle Wages Have Not Gone Up For Years, And We Should Recognize That, And There I Think We Need Growth And Skills - But There Are These Other People Who Have Been Left Behind. When I Say Out Loud, "fifty Percent Of Inner-city Schoolkids Do Not Graduate From High School," That Is A National Catastrophe. We Should Be Ringing The Alarm Bells. It's Not Fair.