American - Economist | March 6, 1926 -
We're a democratic society. Shutting down the government should not be on the agenda.
Alan Greenspan
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Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy.
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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.
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It's only when the markets are perceived to have exhausted themselves on the downside that they turn. Trying to prevent them from going down just merely prolongs the agony.
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We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.
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I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.
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I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
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Fear is a far more dominant force in human behaviour than euphoria - I would never have expected that or given it a moment's thought before, but it shows up in the data in so many ways.
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If somebody had said to me in June or July of 1987, 'We'd like you to become chairman of the Federal Reserve, but you're never allowed to discuss any economics after you leave,' I'd have said, 'Forget it.' What do they want me to do? Become an anthropologist?'
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Bitcoin is really a fascinating example of how human beings create value, and is not always rational... tt is not a rational currency in that case.
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I've been around long enough to know that a good deal of the praise heaped on me I had nothing to do with. The only thing I did object to was the fact that where the criticism was actually wrong. Did it bother me? Of course it bothered me. But I've been around long enough to have ups and downs. So you get over it.
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The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.
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