Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. Protection of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory.
ALAN GREENSPANHistory demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism.
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I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
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We need, in effect, to make the phantom ‘lock-boxes’ around the trust fund real.
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I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most valued policy asset.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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Everyone has one. You have to, to exist you need an ideology. The question is whether it is accurate or not.
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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 use of a growing array of derivatives and the related application of more-sophisticated approaches to measuring and managing risk are key factors underpinning the greater resilience of our largest financial institutions…
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It keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes.
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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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Nor can private counterparties restrict supplies of gold, another commodity whose derivatives are often traded over-the-counter, where central banks stand ready to lease gold in increasing quantities should the price rise.
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Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.
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If one grasps this, one has no difficulty in understanding the statists’ antagonism toward the gold standard.
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Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly,
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