They seem to sense… that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.
ALAN GREENSPANIt’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.
More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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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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I’ve always argued that this country has benefited immensely from the fact that we draw people from all over the world.
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I didn’t believe in absolutes, moral or otherwise. If I couldn’t prove a proposition with facts and figures, it was without merit.
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Credit-default swaps, I think, have serious problems associated with them.
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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.
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This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums.
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American consumers might benefit if lenders provided greater mortgage product alternatives to the traditional fixed-rate mortgage.
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But rules cannot substitute for character.
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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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If I say something which you understand fully in this regard, I probably made a mistake.
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The economy is turning, and credit comes in with a lag, .. To the extent that a number of small firms are finding it difficult to get the credit they need at a price they can afford, that’s likely to change for the better.
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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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If you think you understand what I am saying you do not understand what I am saying.
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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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As long as we issue fiat currency, I see no alternative to a legal tender law.
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