Business I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left... Alan Greenspan 21
Natur Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we... Alan Greenspan 22
Freedom An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and... Alan Greenspan 18
Trust We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real. Alan Greenspan 22
Productivity Chinese productivity is the highest in the world but the way they do it is by borrowing the technology from abroad, either by joint ventures or... Alan Greenspan 23
Productivity Increased jobs are the consequence of increased trade. Increasing jobs more than output implies a fall in productivity and standards of living. That... Alan Greenspan 18
Lose Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs. Alan Greenspan 21
Future People don't realize that we cannot forecast the future. What we can do is have probabilities of what causes what, but that's as far as we go. And... Alan Greenspan 21
