If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.
ALAN GREENSPANGreenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
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No matter how skillful the trading scheme, over the long haul, abnormal returns are sustained only through abnormal exposure to risk.
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Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly,
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Without the triggers, that tax cut is irreponsible fiscal policy. Eventually, I think that will be the consensus view.
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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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Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.
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All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
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We as central bankers need not be concerned if a collapsing financial asset bubble does not threaten to impair the real economy, its production, jobs and price stability.
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Market financed withdrawals of home equity in recent years.
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I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy.
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Regulators have not been able to achieve the level of future clarity required to act pre-emptively.
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Was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart.
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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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These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
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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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