I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Alan Greenspan amateuraverageband Change image and share on social
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 the band and enrolled at New York University. Alan Greenspan amateuraverageband Change image and share on social
I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well. Alan Greenspan achieveadherencedeal Change image and share on social
When you go back and look at American history, it's not terribly different from Canadian history. If you weren't self-reliant on the prairie, you wouldn't survive. Alan Greenspan americanbackcanadian Change image and share on social
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 decentfordgerald Change image and share on social
Fear and euphoria are dominant forces, and fear is many multiples the size of euphoria. Bubbles go up very slowly as euphoria builds. Then fear hits, and it comes down very sharply. When I started to look at that, I was sort of intellectually shocked. Contagion is the critical phenomenon which causes the thing to fall apart. Alan Greenspan bubblebuildcontagion share on social
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 austriaclosecontinue share on social
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
Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country. Alan Greenspan countryinterestpersonal Change image and share on social
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 budgetconstraintdeficit share on social