It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum.
ALAN GREENSPANThe 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.
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The Iraq War is largely about oil.
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If I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
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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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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions.
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The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.
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The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.
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In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.
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Well, you probably will always believe there should be laws against fraud, and I don’t think there is any need for a law against fraud.
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The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses…
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I’m always amazed that my wife can handle different subjects – one day politics, the next day foreign policy.
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Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central bank.
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I’ve been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and I’ve never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And I’m not sure where it comes from, but I suspect it’s got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive.
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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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If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen.
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Derivatives have permitted the unbundling of financial risks.
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