I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits.
ALAN GREENSPANThere is nothing to guarantee the superior judgment, knowledge, and integrity of an inspector or a bureaucrat-and the deadly consequences of entrusting him with arbitrary power are obvious.
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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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I’ve been in and out of Wall Street since 1949, and I’ve never seen the type of animosity between government and Wall Street. And I’m not sure where it comes from, but I suspect it’s got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive.
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I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives.
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The increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.
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It’s not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating.
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The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.
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Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
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There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.
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Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported higher asset prices.
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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.
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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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I’m always amazed that my wife can handle different subjects – one day politics, the next day foreign policy.
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Recent episodes in which Fed officials hinted at a shift toward higher interest rates have unleashed significant volatility in markets.
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Remember what we’re looking at. Gold is a currency. It is still, by all evidence, a premier currency, that no fiat currency, including the dollar, can match.
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If we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.
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