Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
ALAN GREENSPANAll taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ].
ALAN GREENSPANWe ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ].
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We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril.
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
ALAN GREENSPANIn the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
ALAN GREENSPANWhen trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
ALAN GREENSPANGreenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets.
ALAN GREENSPANClearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets.
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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.
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Political decisions are never random and will always lose out to innovative alternatives.
ALAN GREENSPANPolitical decisions are never random and will always lose out to innovative alternatives.
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Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.
ALAN GREENSPANThose of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.
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Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn’t exist’.
ALAN GREENSPANSenator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn’t exist’.
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The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that while paying other dividends to the U.S. economy.
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In the process we have created [a] privileged elite whose incomes are being supported at non-competitively high levels by immigration quotas on skilled professionals.
ALAN GREENSPANIn the process we have created [a] privileged elite whose incomes are being supported at non-competitively high levels by immigration quotas on skilled professionals.
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It’s hard to overemphasize how important Ford’s deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first.
ALAN GREENSPANIt’s hard to overemphasize how important Ford’s deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first.
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