The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something.
ALAN GREENSPANAnything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, America’s system of higher education must remain the world’s leader in generating scientific and technological breakthrough, and in meeting the challenge to educate workers.
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If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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I’m a plain soap kind of guy.
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So there is no reason to suspect that the actual process of boosting rates would be any different.
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I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.
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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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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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They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
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The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.
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The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
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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.
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation.
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Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly,
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The use of a growing array of derivatives and the related application of more-sophisticated approaches to measuring and managing risk are key factors underpinning the greater resilience of our largest financial institutions…
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