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.
ALAN GREENSPANWe cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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We ought to be opening up our borders to skilled labour from all parts of the world because [the state of the world is as follows: ].
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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 arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.
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And the percentage changes in wage rates would be the same for all job grades.
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If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.
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Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn’t exist’.
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If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, America’s system of higher education must remain the world’s leader in generating scientific and technological breakthrough, and in meeting the challenge to educate workers.
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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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Improvements in lending practices driven by information technology have enabled lenders to reach out to households with previously unrecognized borrowing capacities.
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We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary.
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Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.
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Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me’.
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It’s hard to overemphasize how important Ford’s deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first.
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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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Regulation of derivatives transactions that are privately negotiated by professionals is unnecessary.
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