We need, in effect, to make the phantom ‘lock-boxes’ around the trust fund real.
ALAN GREENSPANI must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt, I’m running into the tyranny of zero, which is where you can’t reduce (the debt) any more
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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Capitalism is based on self-interest and self-esteem; it holds integrity and trustworthiness as cardinal virtues and makes them pay off in the marketplace, thus demanding that men survive by means of virtue, not vices.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending.
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The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
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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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Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency…and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry.
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The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers to choose alternatives, of investors to move their funds elsewhere and of labour to acquire technical skills’.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.
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Even though some down payments are borrowed, it would take a large, and historically most unusual, fall in home prices to wipe out a significant part of home equity.
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The worst have failed; investors no longer fund them and are not likely to in the future.
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Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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