The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
GEORGE SOROSStudying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
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I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.
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Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices can influence underlying values.
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To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.
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Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
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I don’t panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I’m given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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The world order needs a major overhaul.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected.
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When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.
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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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