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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

George Soros

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
The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Institution International Law State
Market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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Future Market Present Price View Wrong
Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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Finding Interest Manipulation Politics Truth
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
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
Market prices are always wrong.
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Market One Liner Price Wrong
The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
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Believe Enemy Myself Open Society Threat
Every bubble consists of a trend that can be observed in the real world and a misconception relating to that trend. The two elements interact with each other in a reflexive manner.
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Element Myself Reality Relate Trend World
The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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Hard Judgement Level Life Risk
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
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 world order needs a major overhaul.
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Need Order Stop World
Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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Complex Errors Fortunate Mistake Room System
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
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Mistake Myself Pride Recognition Shame Wrong
Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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Instability Management Money Regulation Risk Transaction Way

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