If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.
ALAN BLINDER
ALAN BLINDER
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Alan Blinder11 quotes“If you try to give an on-the-one-hand-or-the-other- hand answer, only one of the hands tends to get quoted.”
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Alan BlinderAlan Blinder In the classic old business cycle, there would be a diminution in sales; it would take a little while for this information to reach corporate headquarters.
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Alan BlinderAlan Blinder The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.
Alan BlinderAlan Blinder They have the most influence on policy where they know the least and disagree most vehemently.
Alan BlinderAlan Blinder And the maestro surely wielded the chairman’s baton with extraordinary skill.
Alan BlinderAlan Blinder There is a kind of a cascading chain, … If one can’t sell, then that business doesn’t buy and that means the next business doesn’t sell, and the previous business doesn’t sell, and so on.
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