I’m a better economist than I was a sax player.
ALAN GREENSPANThe gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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The problem is not lack of regulation but unrealistic expectations. What we confront in reality is uncertainty, some of it frighteningly so…
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Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.
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I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.
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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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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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The need for values is inbred. Their content is not.
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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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Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed.
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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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The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.
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American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
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I love facts and figures. It’s like following a detective story, piecing together what’s going on in the economy.
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If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
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If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
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