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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

George Soros

I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes.
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Economics Fancy God Kind
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
Misconceptions play a prominent role in my view of the world.
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Concept Play Role View World
It is credit that matters, not money (in other words, monetarism is a false ideology).
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Fake Ideology Money Word
Studying economics is not a good preparation for dealing with it.
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Deal Economics Goodness Preparation Study
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.
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Obstacle Order Stability World
My main concern is with the world order.
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One Liner Order World
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
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
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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Important Lose Money Right Wrong Yourself
American supremacy is the greatest threat to the world today.
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Competition Greatness Rival Threat World
Once a trend is established it tends to persist and to run it’s full course.
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Establishment Persistence Run
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
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
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
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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Greatness Interest Member Open Possible Society

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