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 GREENSPANTo 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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Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency…and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry.
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Political decisions are never random and will always lose out to innovative alternatives.
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Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.
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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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There’s an interesting question here because if the gold price broke in that context, the thermometer would not be just a measuring tool. It would basically affect the underlying psychology.
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These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
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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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American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.
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Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets.
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The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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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.
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I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives.
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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 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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