Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I’m only half joking
ALAN GREENSPANMany 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.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril.
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Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of virtue, not vices.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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Productivity is notoriously difficult to predict.
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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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Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me’.
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There is no evidence that the business cycle has been repealed.
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Market financed withdrawals of home equity in recent years.
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While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education – literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
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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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It’s hard to overemphasize how important Ford’s deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first.
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There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.
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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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