They then need to reach a judgment about the probabilities, costs, and benefits of the various possible outcomes under alternative choices for policy.
ALAN GREENSPANThe process of innovation is, of course, never ending.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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Since I’ve become a central banker, I’ve learned to mumble with great incoherence.
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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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Anyone willing to do what is required to become president of the United States is thereby barred from taking that office. I’m only half joking
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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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Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.
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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions.
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We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures.
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It’s not for anything other than an escape from what is perceived to be a fiat money system, paper money, that seems to be deteriorating.
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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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I don’t know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we’ve been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.
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The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
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The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers to choose alternatives, of investors to move their funds elsewhere and of labour to acquire technical skills’.
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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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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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