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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.

George Soros

The collapse of the global marketplace would be a traumatic event with unimaginable consequences. Yet I find it easier to imagine than the continuation of the present regime.
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Consequence Global Imagination Market Myself Place Present Trauma
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Obstacle Order Stability World
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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Democracy Government International Mindset People Solution State
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Fake Ideology Money Word
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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Care Democracy Establishment Freedom Guard Institution Safe Universe
My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors.
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Correction Errors Insecurity Myself
Every bubble has two components: something – some real trend, and a misconception about that trend.
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Component Concept Reality Trend
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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Concept Criticism Frame Important Mistake Myself Wrong
The world order needs a major overhaul.
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Need Order Stop World
I’m only rich because I know when I’m wrong.
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Aware Myself Rich Wrong
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
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 hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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Hard Judgement Level Life Risk
Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.
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Concept Growth Market Reality Stock
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
My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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Correct Fake Myself Oneself Prediction Valid Work

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