These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
ALAN GREENSPANUnfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from.
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: ].
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The recent evidence increasingly suggests that an economic expansion is already well under way, although an array of influences unique to this business cycle seems likely to moderate its speed.
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And she always has so much fun doing it. We make a good team.
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I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.
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But rules cannot substitute for character.
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Some succeed for a time. But while there may occasionally be mis-configurations among market prices that allow abnormal returns, they do not persist.
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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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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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Such caution seems especially warranted with regard to the sharp rise in equity prices during the past two years. These gains have obviously raised questions of sustainability.
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They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.
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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions.
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