“Could we... could we turn this off for a second?” – David McCormick, Inside Job ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Inside Job 2010

David McCormick

[not knowing how to answer the interviewer]

Could we... could we turn this off for a second?

Nouriel Roubini

By 2006, about 40% of all profits of S&P 500 firms was coming from financial institutions.

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