And all institutions are alike: Schools need higher test scores for financing; corner dealers need to up their numbers; police pump up minor arrests to meet their quotas; and newspapers lay off seasoned, responsible reporters to cut costs and shape articles to the expectations of the Pulitzer Prize committee.
With Ms. Mikulski at the helm, the Senate Appropriations Committee — for decades a quiet outpost of bipartisan check-writing financing every corner of the government — is charged with heading off what could be the first shutdown of Washington after three years of near misses.
Since his work is capable of drawing together so many threads of human experience and history, he explains, "I would like to put it in a fashion that people can appreciate without any attention to technical detail .The long saga of fractals, says Dr Mandelbrot, can be perceived as a ring from art through mathematics, finance, many corners of science and engineering, and finally back to art.
The failed attempt in the last parliament to balance affordable sales with newbuilds has led Cameron to seize control of public housing finance in every corner of the land.
Deutsche Bank operates in more than 70 countries and in virtually every corner of finance.
The crackdown touches nearly every corner of finance, including mortgage lending, derivatives trading and hedge funds.
Instead he fell in love with a corner of finance that dealt with stock options.
That's because, in many ways, Mr. Leder personifies the debates now swirling around this lucrative corner of finance.
The so-called alternatives industry - once the entrepreneurial corner of finance - now looks more like a staid, established financial firm.
Verdict: Growing fast and with little competition in Europe or Asia (its main markets), Marketinvoice is rewiring a neglected corner of finance – and making a real impact.
