Gold, unlike all other commodities, is a currency…and the major thrust in the demand for gold is not for jewelry.
ALAN GREENSPANBefore I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly,
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It signals problems with respect to currency markets. Central banks should pay attention to it.
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They then need to reach a judgment about the probabilities, costs, and benefits of the various possible outcomes under alternative choices for policy.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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We can see that in the inverse relationship exhibited by price/earnings ratios and the rate of inflation in the past.
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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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If we were to do that we would increase the supply of skilled workers that our schools have been unable to create and as a consequence of that we would lower the average wage of skills and reduce the degree of income inequality in this country.
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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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The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake.
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I cannot conceive of a politically feasible solution to this problem which will overdo cutting the deficit, where overdoing means harming the economy. It might be technically possible, but it is not realistic.
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Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from.
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I was raising the question on the side with Governor Mullins of what would happen if the Treasury sold a little gold in this market.
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At the risk of some oversimplification, if the skill composition of our work force meshed fully with the needs of our increasingly complex capital-stock, wage-skill differentials would be stable.
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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 tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the ‘hidden’ confiscation of wealth.
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