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Alan Greenspan

The use of a growing array of derivatives and the related application of more-sophisticated approaches to measuring and managing risk are key factors underpinning the greater resilience of our largest financial institutions…
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Application Approach Derivative Grow More Relate Sophisticate Use
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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Better Change Come Credit Difficult Economy Extend Find Firm Lag Need Number Small Turn
I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt, I’m running into the tyranny of zero, which is where you can’t reduce (the debt) any more
ALAN GREENSPAN

Anything Day Expect Must Reduce Say Talk
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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Anyone Barred Country President Will Required
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.
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Deny Monoply Nature Need Readily Resolve Terrible Thing
We may be in a rapidly evolving international financial system with all the bells and whistles of the so-called new economy. But the old-economy rules of prudence are as formidable as ever. We violate them at our own peril.
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Bell Call Economy Evolve Financial International Rapid System Whistle
The number of mistakes I have made are just awesome. There is no number large enough to account for that.
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Account Awesome Enough Large Made Mistake Number
Before I met Ayn Rand, I was a logical positivist, and accordingly,
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Accordingly Before Logical Met People Positivist
Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Amount Available Cash Necessary Problem Should Solve Stress
I’m a plain soap kind of guy.
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Guy Kind Plain Soap
Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets.
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Asset Clearly Earning Higher Imply Inflation Less Lower Premium Risk Stock Sustain
The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Art Development Economy Habit Idea Importance Mind Skill Worker
The probability of ten consecutive heads is 0.1 percent; thus, when you have millions of coin tossers, or investors, in the end there will be thousands of very successful practitioners of coin tossing, or stock picking.
ALAN GREENSPAN

Coin Consecutive Head Investor Million Percent Pick Probably Stock Ten Tosser
I have one other issue I’d like to throw on the table. I hesitate to do it, but let me tell you some of the issues that are involved here.
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Hesitate Issue Other Some Table Throw
[Republicans] swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose.
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Deserve End Lose Neither Power Principle Republication Swap
I came to a stark realization: chronic surpluses could be almost as destabilizing as chronic deficits.
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Almost Came Deficit Destabilize Chronic Realization Stark Surplus

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