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?
ALAN GREENSPANBut rules cannot substitute for character.
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Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking.
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The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of the Second World War.
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If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine.
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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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The companies could hire the educated workers they need. And those workers would compete with high-income people, driving more income equality.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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I’m a plain soap kind of guy.
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It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum.
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If we are dealing with psychology, then the thermometers one uses to measure it have an effect.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
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The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.
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We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.
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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
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Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time.
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