There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone.
ALAN GREENSPANYet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.
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Such caution seems especially warranted with regard to the sharp rise in equity prices during the past two years. These gains have obviously raised questions of sustainability.
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I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders’ equity are in a state of shocked disbelief.
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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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People dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward.
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Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.
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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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We need, in effect, to make the phantom ‘lock-boxes’ around the trust fund real.
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The companies could hire the educated workers they need. And those workers would compete with high-income people, driving more income equality.
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