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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.

George Soros

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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Determination Economics Function Marketing Role
Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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Establishment Persistence Run
In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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Finding Manipulation Politics Reality
When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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Freedom Money Oneself
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
I’m not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
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Better Mistake Move On Opportunity Quick Trade
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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Concept Growth Market Reality Stock
An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
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Greatness Interest Member Open Possible Society
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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Important Lose Money Right Wrong Yourself
There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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Confidence Position Small
Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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Business Career Human Man Myself Transformation
Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
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Anticipate Event Influence Marketing
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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Marketing Reality Science
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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Mistake Myself Pride Recognition Shame Wrong
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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Attention Feature Influence Market Moral Oneself Participant Pay Positive Price
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception

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