I think one of the important things that's happened in the course of the century is that life expectancy has doubled.

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If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance...

If you go back to the time of J.P. Morgan, the world of high finance...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

I have developed a very strong partiality for the dead: they don't talk back, they...

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that...

A crash really occurs when you suddenly have a violent downturn in the market that...

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held...

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held...

In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down...

In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down...

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is...

Because of the love affair between the American public and the stock market, it is...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

There is a kind of fear, approaching a panic, that's spreading through the Baby Boom...

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a...

One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a...

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to...

You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to...

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

I think there's a tide that tends to carry historians back to the past.

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...

Hamilton had one of those extraordinary 18th-century minds that touched on virtually every major topic...

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they...

Mutual fund managers are trapped in this rather deadly vicious circle: the more successful they...

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan,...

A lot of the money in the stock market is really our national retirement plan,...

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

After 1929, so many people had been traumatized by the stock market crash that there...

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file...

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of...

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of...

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the...

That strategy of buy and hold, which is the sound and sensible one for the...

Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity.

Early on, New York already had a national and even international identity.