Well, now that you men have completely trashed the financial system, banking and, basically, the entire global economy, we women are going to have to (as usual) clean up the mess. First Iceland, now this. This time, however, there are going to be a few changes around here- that is, according to people familiar with the matter.
Would the world economy have got into such a mess if more women had been in charge? It’s a difficult question to answer.
The economic crisis, though, could put a spotlight on what women offer as leaders who could help repair the damage.
“We’d love to think it would make a difference,” said Ruth Sealy, deputy director of the International Center for Women Leaders at Cranfield University.
Sealy said the crisis is bringing to light academic research, which includes studies showing that mixed management teams make better decisions and are more innovative.
Can women managers reduce your business risk? [Reuters]
EP and Bess 2012
Technically, of course, the answer is no- we would not be in this economic mess if more women were in charge. We would still be stuck in gas crisis of the late 1970s and there would be no internet although revenue for tissue companies would be astronomical.
How about trannyes?
Cherchez la femme!
to quote Michael Lewis, “We’ve all been hearing a lot lately about the dangers of testosterone. A preposterous idea is gaining traction: that the problem with Wall Street is that it is run exclusively by men. News flash: Wall Street always has been run exclusively by men. If this crisis is worse than previous ones it may be because, for the first time in financial history, women were let in. Remember Erin Callan, Zoe Cruz, Sallie Krawcheck”
These comments are gonna be great…
Two words:
Erin Callan
@7 Two More Words
Zoe Cruz!!!!!
Yeah, Chicks would do better….NOT!!!
Funny, but I didn’t notice any of the gals in Reykjavik turning down the any of the luxuries during their bogus boom years…
Actually, if women were in charge we’d still be living in mud huts
Two words: Mirant Corporation
@5 Great observation. Chicks watered down the Testosterone and screwed us all but good (figuratively!).
One word, LOBSTERTRANNY
HP’s Fiorina and Dunn !!
Dealbreaker
Midgets?
@10- Actually, according to my 401k, I can now only hope to one day retire to a mud hut.
Yeah that mixed team of Hill/Billy really hit a homer. If only we could mix it up agian. Maybe we could get Hill’s medical coverage program passed the paper napkin phase?
Or Pelosi? She is doing a bang up job. Or Feinstein (fuckin loser) or Palin (what a let down).
Caroline Kennedy anyone?
I dont think its a sex thing both sides seem to have their own bad apples.
Apparently a PM at SAC thought the same way…
I can’t wait to read all the comments that come out of this, although I’m sorry to disappoint in not adding anything inflammatory myself other than to refer to LoSC’s analysis of Pomegranate Capital
http://longorshortcapital.com/pomegranate-capital-thinks-women-can-run-money-better-is-wrong.htm
SWINE FLU
This entire mess started some 30 years ago with the Iron Lady of Lombard Street, Margaret Thatcher, before Mr. Supply Side, Ronny Reagan, even made it to the White House. Gender’s got dick to do with it…
This is just another example of gender bias and the feminization of America – maybe the world. A few men got out of hand and a whole bunch of us now have to pay for their party but that doesn’t make it a “man” thing that happened.
This is just another example of gender bias and the feminization of America – maybe the world. A few men got out of hand and a whole bunch of us now have to pay for their party but that doesn’t make it a “man” thing that happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-qN9aIm9k
I would like to get Rebecca Mark back into the mix. She would know what to do.
http://www.apfn.org/ENRON/skilling-mark.jpg
Ruth Madoff would be a good CFO selection, and how about CodePink’s Medea Benjamin for Investor Relations VP?
The Guy from Delaware
I’m not sure how women can find the time to contribute in a leadership role.
There’s not enough time as is to make my dinner, wash my clothes, keep my apartment clean, grab me a cold one from the fridge on game days, and do whatever it is they do with the rest of their time (i.e. hair, nails, read magazines, ‘work-out’, weddings, talk on the phone constantly, etc).
That’s right ladies! Tie us up and make us tell the truth!
A successful man is one who can earn more money than his wife can possibly spend.
A successful woman is one who can find that man.
A successful male CEO is one who can earn earn more than his shareholders can possibly expect.
A successful female CEO is one who can inherit such a company.
I am going to buy my daughter the Lisa Lionheart doll.
@31
Is that pre or post clueless valley girl sayings added?
@31 “like oh my gawd, post of course, math is hard”
Dinner better be ready by the time I get home
I’m a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That’s what kind of man I am. You’re just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It’s science.