Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the ‘hidden’ confiscation of wealth.
ALAN GREENSPANPeople dont realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but thats as far as we go. And Ive had a very successful career as a forecaster, starting in 1948 forward.
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It’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.
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Cash is available and we should use that in larger amounts, as is necessary, to solve the problems of the stress of this.
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Derivatives have permitted the unbundling of financial risks.
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And she always has so much fun doing it. We make a good team.
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Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.
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The gut-feel of the 55-year old trader is more important than the mathematical elegance of the 25-year old genius.
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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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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
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An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions.
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I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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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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Credit-default swaps, I think, have serious problems associated with them.
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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.
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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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