On Aug 19, 2009, at 9:12 PM, michael perelman wrote:
> "As I look back, it now seems that, with all the thought and work
> and good intentions, which we provided, we achieved absolutely
> nothing ... nothing that I did, and very little that old Ben did,
> internationally produced any good effect -- or indeed any effect at
> all except that we collected money from a lot of poor devils and
> gave it over to the four winds."
>
> Read more at:
>
> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/flash-the-head-of-the-bank-on-england-confesses/
Ha ha, the "Ben" is a nice trick, but this quote must be 80 years old.