But what we lack in aggressiveness we make up for in financial recklessness.
"I want to see a law which makes it possible to prosecute executives for serious financial recklessness," he said in a speech to Policy Exchange.
My devotion to this house - I'm on my knees, literally - could be a form of financial recklessness that I'll regret bitterly at retirement.
But what emerges from dozens of interviews with people involved with Tyson and King is a tale of extraordinary financial recklessness by Tyson.
Within a year, Kezia could not endure Adolf's financial recklessness any longer and the two parted ways; however, they never legally divorced.
As he was by then presumed dead, the title passed to his younger brother Alfred, whose financial recklessness rapidly brought about his near-bankruptcy.
He resigned his appointment as the chair after he was charged for an alleged financial recklessness while serving as a minister.
In addition I want to see a law that makes it possible to prosecute executives for serious financial recklessness.
A few years later, Wilfred and Nellie have a daughter, but Wilfred's financial recklessness has left him facing large debts.
It's still seeping through the world in the form of financial recklessness.