Whatever you tax you get less of.
ALAN GREENSPANIt’s not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating.
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People dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward.
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I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt, I’m running into the tyranny of zero, which is where you can’t reduce (the debt) any more
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We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures.
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Need to consider not only the most likely future path for the economy but also the distribution of possible outcomes about that path.
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We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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By far the most significant event in finance during the past decade has been the extraordinary development and expansion of financial derivatives.
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They then need to reach a judgment about the probabilities, costs, and benefits of the various possible outcomes under alternative choices for policy.
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The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers to choose alternatives, of investors to move their funds elsewhere and of labour to acquire technical skills’.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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You can’t have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.
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But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.
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The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
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