All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
ALAN GREENSPANSince I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Need to consider not only the most likely future path for the economy but also the distribution of possible outcomes about that path.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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If I’ve made myself clear, I’ve misspoken.
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Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a protector of property rights.
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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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Recent episodes in which Fed officials hinted at a shift toward higher interest rates have unleashed significant volatility in markets.
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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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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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There is no safe store of value. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.
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I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading.
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They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
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Although the outlook is clouded by a number of uncertainties, the central tendencies of the projections .. imply continued good economic performance in the United States.
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I’m a plain soap kind of guy.
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I think that real pressure is going to occur not by the initiation by the Federal Reserve, but by the markets themselves.
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