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.
GEORGE SOROSThe 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.
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Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.
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There is no point in being confident and having a small position.
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Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
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The global crisis is caused by pathologies inherent in the global financial system itself.
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I’m not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.
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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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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.
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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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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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Markets can influence the events that they anticipate.
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Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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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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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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