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They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

Alan Greenspan

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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Able Content Leave Measure Own Succeeded True
American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that harbors a resource indispensable for the functioning of the word economy.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Country Economy Function Harbor Violence World
I love facts and figures. It’s like following a detective story, piecing together what’s going on in the economy.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Detective Economy Fact Follow Love Piece Story Together
Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Another Commodity Counterparty Derivative Gold Often Private Restrict Supply Trade
This decade is strewn with examples of bright people who thought they built a better mousetrap that could consistently extract abnormal returns from the financial markets.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Better Built Decade Example Financial Market Mousetrap People
The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that while paying other dividends to the U.S. economy.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Formation House Household Increase New Only Sustainable
The process of innovation is, of course, never ending.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Course Ending Innovation never Process
The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Better Change Come Credit Difficult Economy Extend Find Firm Lag Need Number Small Turn
Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. Protection of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Base Business Deal Fear Force Regulation Undermine
I’m a better economist than I was a sax player.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Better Economist Player
I didn’t believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn’t prove a proposition with facts and figures, it was without merit.
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Absolute Believe Fact Figure Moral Otherwise Proposition
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.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Against Always Any Believe Fraud Law Need Probably
Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Asset Clearly Earning Higher Imply Inflation Less Lower Premium Risk Stock Sustain
If I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Made Mistake Probably Regard Something Understand
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.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Benefit Deregulation Hard Important Look Overemphasize True Year
I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Almost Came Deficit Destabilize Chronic Realization Stark Surplus

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