And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
ALAN GREENSPANIf you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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I love to play tennis and golf, listen to music, watch baseball and root for the Redskins.
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Skilled shortages in America exist because we are shielding our skilled labor force from world competition. [Visa quotas] have been substituted for the wage pricing mechanism.
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It signals problems with respect to currency markets. Central banks should pay attention to it.
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
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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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So there is no reason to suspect that the actual process of boosting rates would be any different.
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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
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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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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
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If I’ve made myself clear, I’ve misspoken.
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All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
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In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.
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We need, in effect, to make the phantom ‘lock-boxes’ around the trust fund real.
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How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
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