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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.

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It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Fake Ideology Money Word
There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.
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Existence Ourselves Perception
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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Difference Future Investment Profit Success Yourself
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Institution International Law State
I don’t panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I’m given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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Basic Despair Fear Mistake Myself Panic Recognition Survive
When interest rates are low we have conditions for asset bubbles to develop, and they are developing at the moment. The ultimate asset bubble is gold.
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Condition Development Gold Interest Rate Ultimate
Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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Component Concept Reality Trend
I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Economics Fancy God Kind
The scope for improvement is infinite, precisely because perfection is unattainable.
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Attain Improvement Infinite Perfection
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
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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Important Lose Money Right Wrong Yourself
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World
I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong…I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
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Basic Mistake Recognition Rich Wrong
Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on.
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Government Misery Poverty Weakness World
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Obstacle Order Stability World
The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
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Country Independent Lying Right Strength Talk Thinking

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