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.
GEORGE SOROSI fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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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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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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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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The trouble with institutional investors is that their performance is usually measured relative to their peer group and not by an absolute yardstick. This makes them trend followers by definition.
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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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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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Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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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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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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It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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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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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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The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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My main concern is with the world order.
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