589 Quotes by Alan Greenspan

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    could prove destabilizing to our financial system as a whole and in the end could seriously diminish the availability of home mortgage funds.

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    Inflationary pressures will be reasonably well contained, so long as productivity is moving at a reasonably good clip,

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    If we are to remain preeminent in transforming knowledge into economic value, America's system of higher education must remain the world's leader in generating scientific and technological breakthrough, and in meeting the challenge to educate workers.

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    Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That surely cannot be our goal.

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    Competition is the necessary driving force toward delivering a superior product or service, ... We should not shy away from it.

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    It is possible to get markets which are too tight, which create inflationary imbalances and ultimately undercut the recovery,

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    Indications that the extent of the application of existing technology is still far from complete, plus potential benefits derived from continuing synergies, support a distinct possibility that total productivity growth rates will remain high or even increase further,

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    The only thing that was economic, I might say, about my music career, aside from the fact that I did everybody's tax returns in the band, was the decision I made to leave the music business on economic grounds.

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