And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
ALAN GREENSPANIf I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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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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If prices go down, we will have problems – problems in the sense of spillover to other areas.
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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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Whatever you tax you get less of.
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It keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.
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It signals problems with respect to currency markets. Central banks should pay attention to it.
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Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere.
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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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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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Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
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…our market system depends critically on trust-trust in the word of our colleagues and trust in the word of those with whom we do business.
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A decline in the national housing price level would need to be substantial to trigger a significant rise in foreclosures, because the vast majority of homeowners have built up substantial equity in their homes despite large mortgage.
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Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from.
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These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
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