589 Quotes by Alan Greenspan

Greenspan, who knew so much more than most, knew far less than most supposed ...

Any notable shortfall in economic performance from the exemplary standard of recent years runs the risk of reviving mistrust of market-oriented systems, even among conventional policy makers,

We should not be cutting taxes by borrowing,

Maybe he will act more to target inflation and be more strict

When you go back and look at American history, it's not terribly different from Canadian history. If you weren't self-reliant on the prairie, you wouldn't survive.

Senator, we are groping for understanding, the knowledge you assume I possess doesn't exist' - 'The only effective regulation lies in the propensity of customers to choose alternatives, of investors to move their funds elsewhere and of labour to acquire technical skills' - 'Senator, if I seem clear to you, you must have misunderstood me' - 'Unfortunately, Senator, nobody knows where the next innovative idea is coming from. Political decisions are never random and will always lose out to innovative alternatives

The major element of the control of leverage and capital is the structure of the counterparty relationship,

As China's citizens experience economic gains, so will the American firms that trade in their expanding markets,

Ned says he is leaving the board to return to teaching, but I must point out that, in a sense, he never left teaching, ... He has been instructing us all along, and we at the board have been his willing students.