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History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.

Alan Greenspan

I love facts and figures. It’s like following a detective story, piecing together what’s going on in the economy.
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Detective Economy Fact Follow Love Piece Story Together
Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Anything Country Interest Much Personal Raise Say
They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Economic Freedom Gold Inseparable See Sense
Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this.
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Amount Available Cash Necessary Problem Should Solve Stress
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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Continue Go Higher Market More Stock
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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Hesitate Issue Other Some Table Throw
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.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Arbitrary Death Guarantee Inspector Integrity Judgement Knowledge Nothing Superior
There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.
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Confiscation Deficit Hidden Safe Scheme Spend Store Value Wealth
Credit-default swaps, I think, have serious problems associated with them.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Associate Credit Default Problem Serious Swap
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which… public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Capitalism Condition Crony Essentially Favour Private Public
It’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.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Anything Deteriorate Escape Fiat Money Perceive Seem
Even though some down payments are borrowed, it would take a large, and historically most unusual, fall in home prices to wipe out a significant part of home equity.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Borrow Down Equity Historical Payment Significant Some Unusual Wipe
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Another Commodity Counterparty Derivative Gold Often Private Restrict Supply Trade
If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine.
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Cold Currency Down Gold Mine Move Question Relative Together
The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Able Content Leave Measure Own Succeeded True
Whatever you tax you get less of.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Economy Less Tax

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