My main concern is with the world order.
GEORGE SOROSNo individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That’s one of the positive features of markets. That’s why they function.
More George Soros Quotes
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What works for Germany can’t work for the rest of Europe: No country can run a chronic surplus without others running deficits.
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To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.
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Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.
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There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.
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If we care about universal principles such as freedom, democracy and the rule of law, we cannot leave them to the care of market forces; we must establish some other institutions to safeguard them.
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The world order needs a major overhaul.
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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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As I discovered, there is a great deal of similarity between a boom-bust process in the financial markets and the rise and fall of the Soviet system.
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Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.
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To my mind, there is a solution which has to do with democracy, because democratic governments are subject to the will of the people. So, if the people will it, you can actually create international institutions through the democratic states.
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