And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
ALAN GREENSPAN…our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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There is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious.
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I don’t know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we’ve been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.
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I’m a better economist than I was a sax player.
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Many of those who purchased their residence more than a year ago have equity buffers in their homes adequate to withstand any price decline other than a very deep one.
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In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.
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Productivity is notoriously difficult to predict.
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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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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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Recent episodes in which Fed officials hinted at a shift toward higher interest rates have unleashed significant volatility in markets.
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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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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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But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade?
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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which… public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
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If one grasps this, one has no difficulty in understanding the statists’ antagonism toward the gold standard.
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