It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations.
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More Alan Greenspan Quotes
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Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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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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I’m a better economist than I was a sax player.
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If we are dealing with psychology, then the thermometers one uses to measure it have an effect.
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Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems.
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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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You can’t have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.
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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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Productivity is notoriously difficult to predict.
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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.
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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 arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.
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The tub helps me relax, and it’s a great place to read.
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The increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.
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In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation.
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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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The number one problem in today’s generation and economy is the lack of financial literacy.
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Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria. Bubbles go up very slowly as euphoria builds.
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Without calling the overall national issue a bubble, it’s pretty clear that it’s an unsustainable underlying pattern.
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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.
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If all currencies are moving up or down together, the question is: relative to what? Gold is the canary in the coal mine.
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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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Many of those who purchased their residence more than a year ago have equity buffers in their homes adequate to withstand any price decline other than a very deep one.
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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 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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If I’ve made myself clear, I’ve misspoken.
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