An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
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Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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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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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.
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There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.
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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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Investors operate with limited funds and intelligence, they do not need to know everything. As long as they understand something better than others, they have an edge.
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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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Market prices are always wrong.
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Short term volatility is greatest at turning points and diminishes as a trend becomes established.
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The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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