Leading BB&T through the 2008 Financial Crisis with John Allison

On this episode John Papola has a conversation with former President and CEO of both BB&T and the CATO institute, John Allison. Allison’s time at the helm of BB&T included the 2008 financial crisis, in which the bank never saw a quarterly loss. The two discuss John Allison’s career in banking, and his experiences in growing BB&T from a small regional bank into one of the largest in the country. He and Papola also discuss the values and philosophy that have guided his career. This philosophy is broken down into 10 values: reality, reason, independent thinking, productivity, honesty, integrity, justice, pride, self-esteem, and teamwork. More from our guest: CATO Institute Bio Wikipedia Wake Forest University Bio BB&T's 10 Values References from this episode: The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure by John Allison Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Pursuit (film) Billions (TV Show) A Monetary History of the United States by Mlton Friedman & Anna Jacobson Schwartz