I love facts and figures. It’s like following a detective story, piecing together what’s going on in the economy.
ALAN GREENSPANWe ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ].
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
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Institutions of the newer participants in global finance had not been tested, until recently…recent crisis have underscored certain financial structure vulnerabilities that are not readily assuaged in the short run.
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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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The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.
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Since I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence.
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Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the ‘hidden’ confiscation of wealth.
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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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But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade?
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
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Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from.
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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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If we are dealing with psychology, then the thermometers one uses to measure it have an effect.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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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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