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If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

George Soros

The world order needs a major overhaul.
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Need Order Stop World
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Obstacle Order Stability World
Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears.
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End Enthusiasm Revolution Start Tears
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
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
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
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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Criticism Myself Qualification Reality Study Theory
The reality is that financial markets are self-destabilizing; occasionally they tend toward disequilibrium, not equilibrium.
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Marketing Reality Science
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
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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Complex Errors Fortunate Mistake Room System
My main concern is with the world order.
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One Liner Order World
The worse a situation becomes the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.
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Big Myself Situation Worst
Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
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Business Health Law Politics Society
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test.
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Investment Practice Science Submit
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
The financial markets play an active role in determining what’s going to happen, how the economy is going to function.
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Determination Economics Function Marketing Role

If I had to sum up my practical skills, I would use one word: survival. And operating a hedge fund utilized my training in survival to the fullest.

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