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Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.

George Soros

If the bubbles contain a misconception, as they always do, then it can’t be maintained forever.
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Concept Forever Maintain
The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don’t have much personal use for money.
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Difference Ideas Interest Kind Money Myself People Personal
In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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Finding Manipulation Politics Reality
If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one’s conceptions and what one does about them. Life can be seen as a fertile fallacy.
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Carry Flaw Life Logic Meaning Oneself See
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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Complex Errors Fortunate Mistake Room System
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
If investing is entertaining, if you’re having fun, you’re probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.
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Boredom Entertainment Investment Money
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
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Condition Failure Human Imperfection Mistake Ourselves Understand Wrong
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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Discover Greatness Marketing Rise Similar System
My main concern is with the world order.
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One Liner Order World
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that’s rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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Myself Obstacle Opinion Stability Thinking World
Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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Component Concept Reality Trend
Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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End Enthusiasm Revolution Start Tears
Start by assuming the market is always wrong, so if you copy everybody else on Wall Street, you’re doomed to do poorly.
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Assumption Poor Start Wrong Yourself
The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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Financial Global Path System
When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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Freedom Money Oneself

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