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.
ALAN GREENSPANThe abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.
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When trust is lost, a nation’s ability to transact business is palpably undermined.
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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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Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the ‘hidden’ confiscation of wealth.
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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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Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from.
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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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But rules cannot substitute for character.
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Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
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Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities.
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The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.
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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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Enhances a person’s ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making
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We can see that in the inverse relationship exhibited by price/earnings ratios and the rate of inflation in the past.
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