• Kirp123@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    The difference between 100 million and 11.5 billion is about 11 billion. If you own a bank 11 billion that’s not only that bank’s problem, it’s the economy’s problem.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      I was referring to the general concept behind the quote.

      I originally want to post the OG (apocryphal?) variant:

      Owe Your Banker £1,000 and You Are at His Mercy; Owe Him £1 Million and the Position Is Reversed

      But it sounds rather quaint these days.