Manufacturing capacity is not a rigid level against which one bounces. When you are dealing with a world economy, with a flexibility to employ production facilities other than one's own, then the concept of capacity is vaguer. Alan Greenspan bouncecapacityconcept share on social
Finance is wholly different from the rest the economy. Alan Greenspan economyfinancerest Change image and share on social
Unless you are willing to compromise, society cannot live together. Alan Greenspan compromiselivesociety Change image and share on social
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 20thbackcentury share on social
I was sort of shocked when it all of a sudden turned out that I got all A's through college, with the exception of two B's in the first term. I never envisaged myself as summa cum laude. Alan Greenspan collegecumenvisage Change image and share on social
I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about. Alan Greenspan continueeconomyhave share on social
Europe is very critical to the United States in the sense not only do we have a fourth of our exports there, but more importantly, a significant proportion of the foreign affiliate profits in fact, half of U.S. corporations, are in Europe. Alan Greenspan affiliatecorporationcritical share on social
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. Alan Greenspan absenceconfiscationgold Change image and share on social
Diplomacy is really far less important than the stock movements within Russia. Alan Greenspan diplomacyimportantmovement Change image and share on social
One of the problems with hedge funds is that they are changing so rapidly. If you have the balance sheet that closed business last night, by 11 A.M. this morning, that won't tell you very much about what they're doing. Alan Greenspan balancebusinesschange share on social