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The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

Ben Bernanke

Not all information is beneficial.
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Beneficial Information
Nobody really understands gold prices and I don’t pretend to understand them either.
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Gold Gold Price
I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
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Challenges Confident May Meet
So it’s important, as it affects overall levels of production and employment in the U.S. There are many domestic industries doing well in the United States, notwithstanding a strong dollar.
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Country Dollar Employment Overall Strong
Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a result, financial crisis became very severe, lasted essentially from 1929 to 1933.
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Depression Financial Great Result
…the Federal Reserve has the capacity to operate in domestic money markets to maintain interest rates at a level consistent with our economic goals
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Goal Investing Levels
If you want to understand geology, study earthquakes. If you want to understand the economy, study the Depression.
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Depression Earthquake Want
While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S.
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Delinquency Rising Years
I’d throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.
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Dollars Economy Helicopters
Life is amazingly unpredictable; any 22-year-old who thinks they know where they will be in 10 years, much less in 30, is simply lacking imagination.
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Imagination Thinking Years
One might as well try to perform brain surgery with a sledgehammer.
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Brain might Trying
If you are not happy with yourself, even the loftiest achievements won’t bring you much satisfaction.
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Achievement Not Happy Satisfaction
I generally leave the details of fiscal programs to the Administration and Congress. That’s really their area of authority and responsibility, and I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to second guess.
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Details Responsibility Thinking
The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have – great universities. We have entrepreneurs.
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Entrepreneur People Technology World
How much would you pay to avoid a second Depression?
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Borrow Depression Great Pay
Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.
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Goal Job Retirement

The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

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The U.S. government has a technology, called a printing press (or, today, its electronic equivalent), that allows it to produce as many U.S. dollars as it wishes at essentially no cost.

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