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It seems superfluous to constrain trading in some of the newer derivatives and other innovative financial contracts of the past decade.

Alan Greenspan

Now, I only play very occasionally, and in fact, more piano than clarinet or sax.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Clarinet Fact More Occasionally Pay Piano Sax
I’m always amazed that my wife can handle different subjects – one day politics, the next day foreign policy.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Always Amaze Day Different Foreign Handle Next Policy Politics Subject Wife
And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Destruction Mass Over Publicize Weapon Whatever
These days, even out of office, I still read economic reports.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Day Economic Office Out Read Report
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education – literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Basic Communication Education Foundation Importance Learn Solid Soon Succeed
I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Bank Equity Especially Interest Mistake Organisation Presume Self Share
I’m not denying that monopolies are terrible things, but I am denying that it is readily easy to resolve them through legislation of that nature.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Deny Monoply Nature Need Readily Resolve Terrible Thing
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.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Continue Go Higher Market More Stock
The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that while paying other dividends to the U.S. economy.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Formation House Household Increase New Only Sustainable
Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth.If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Confiscation Deficit Scheme Simply Spend
I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Acknowledge Everyone Inconvenient Know Oil Political Saddened
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Always Debt Default Money Print Probability States United
History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Aftermath Dealt History Period Premium Protracted Risk
But rules cannot substitute for character.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Character Rule Substitute
I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
ALAN GREENSPAN

All Always Argue Benefited Country Draw Fact Immensely Over People World
There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Choice Easy Gone Long No

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