Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this.
ALAN GREENSPANGold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations.
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This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
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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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Rules cannot take the place of character.
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There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone.
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Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn’t exist’.
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We will have more crises and none of them will look like this because no two crises have anything in common except human nature.
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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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The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses…
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As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.
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And she always has so much fun doing it. We make a good team.
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I was raising the question on the side with Governor Mullins of what would happen if the Treasury sold a little gold in this market.
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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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