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The only way to have several currencies from divergent nations lumped together is if they are culturally close, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. If they aren't, it simply can't continue to work.

~Alan Greenspan

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Much fiscal policy is implemented, not through spending increases, but through tax credits and other so-called tax expenditures. The markets should respond to them as they do spending cuts, with little contraction in economic activity.

~Alan Greenspan

Topics: Activity Credits Cuts Economic Economic Activity Expenditures Fiscal Implemented Increases Little Markets Much Other Policy Respond Should So-Called Spending Tax Them Through

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It's hard to tell which assets will be toxic. The best way to ensure that only shareholders and banks feel it is have adequate capital.

~Alan Greenspan

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Putin probably, almost certainly, thinks that one of the great disasters of the 20th century was the demise of the Soviet Union. It's very obvious that he's trying to work its way back and maintain something similar to that sort of institution.

~Alan Greenspan

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Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia.

~Alan Greenspan

Topics: Diplomacy Far Far Less Important Less Movements Really Russia Stock Than Within

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The person I liked the best was Gerald R. Ford. He was the most decent man in politics I ever had any relationships with.

~Alan Greenspan

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I stated that I'm a libertarian Republican, which means I believe in a series of issues, such as smaller government, constraint on budget deficits, free markets, globalization, and a whole series of other things, including welfare reform.

~Alan Greenspan

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Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic structures, which we all, I assume, adhere to, that is an inevitable consequence.

~Alan Greenspan

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The culture of Greece is not the same as the culture of Germany, and to fuse them into a single unit is extremely difficult.

~Alan Greenspan

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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

~Alan Greenspan

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: March 6th, 1926

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