Greenspan, Who Knew So Much

Any Onset Of Increased Investor Caution Elevates Risk Premiums And, As A Consequence, Lowers Asset Values And Promotes The Liquidation Of The Debt That Supported Higher Asset Prices, ... This Is The Reason That History Has Not Dealt Kindly With The Aftermath Of Protracted Periods Of Low Risk Premiums.

In General, Corruption Tends To Exist Whenever Governments Have Favors To Extend, Or Something To Sell.

The Abandonment Of The Gold Standard Made It Possible For The Welfare Statists To Use The Banking System As A Means To An Unlimited Expansion Of Credit. In The Absence Of The Gold Standard, There Is No Way To Protect Savings From Confiscation Through Inflation. There Is No Safe Store Of Value. Deficit Spending Is Simply A Scheme For The Hidden Confiscation Of Wealth. Gold Stands In The Way Of This Insidious Process. It Stands As A Protector Of Property Rights. If One Grasps This, One Has No Difficulty In Understanding The Statists' Antagonism Toward The Gold Standard.

The Recent Evidence Increasingly Suggests That An Economic Expansion Is Already Well Under Way, Although An Array Of Influences Unique To This Business Cycle Seems Likely To Moderate Its Speed.

People Dont Realize That We Cannot Forecast The Future. What We Can Do Is Have Probabilities Of What Causes What, But Thats As Far As We Go. And Ive Had A Very Successful Career As A Forecaster, Starting In 1948 Forward. The Number Of Mistakes I Have Made Are Just Awesome. There Is No Number Large Enough To Account For That.