MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots
The current financial crisis can be explained by the involvement of three groups that begin with "i": namely, "the innovators", "the imitators" and "the idiots", I heard at a seminar recently. While one can reasonably guess who should be in the first two gro...
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| description | The current financial crisis can be explained by the involvement of three groups that begin with "i": namely,
"the innovators", "the imitators" and "the idiots", I heard at a seminar recently. While one can reasonably
guess who should be in the first two groups, it is not so easy to pinpoint who belongs to the third.
Going by a recent statement issued by former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, whom some regard
as one of the "innovators" (or even "the maestro"), there are ample indications as to who they are. In USA
Today, he reportedly admitted that he trusted the banks and investment houses not to do stupid and
destructive things, and was stunned when he found that was exactly what they were doing. Until the dust
settles, the jury is still out on whether they are the real idiots! |
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| spelling | usm-328752017-04-06T02:31:59Z http://eprints.usm.my/32875/ MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots Abd Razak, Dzulkifli HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. The current financial crisis can be explained by the involvement of three groups that begin with "i": namely, "the innovators", "the imitators" and "the idiots", I heard at a seminar recently. While one can reasonably guess who should be in the first two groups, it is not so easy to pinpoint who belongs to the third. Going by a recent statement issued by former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, whom some regard as one of the "innovators" (or even "the maestro"), there are ample indications as to who they are. In USA Today, he reportedly admitted that he trusted the banks and investment houses not to do stupid and destructive things, and was stunned when he found that was exactly what they were doing. Until the dust settles, the jury is still out on whether they are the real idiots! 2008-11-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32875/1/DZUL194.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2008) MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots. The Edge. |
| spellingShingle | HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. Abd Razak, Dzulkifli MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title | MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title_full | MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title_fullStr | MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title_full_unstemmed | MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title_short | MY SAY: Innovators, imitators and idiots |
| title_sort | my say: innovators, imitators and idiots |
| topic | HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/32875/ http://eprints.usm.my/32875/1/DZUL194.pdf |