History cannot be reduced to a set of statistics and probabilities.
ALAN GREENSPANWhile local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.
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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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It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade.
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Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
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The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which… public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.
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Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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Rules cannot take the place of character.
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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you’ve probably misunderstood what I’ve said.
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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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If I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
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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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Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central bank.
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We 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: ].
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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