Alan Greenspan Economics Quotations

Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs.

the amount of rate cuts required to revive the economy will not be deep.

Whatever you tax you get less of.

We are seeing an evolving new international economy. We are in the process of learning how it works as we are doing it, ... Fortunately, the trauma that came out of the Russian default created so much risk aversion ... we probably have time to be deliberative in determining how the (international monetary) structure ought to be structured.

is larger than that of Japan, and may be approaching half the size of the American economy.

Despite some of the risks that I have highlighted, the U.S. economy seems to be on a reasonably firm footing, and underlying inflation remains contained,

profound implications for the free world's trading system and the long-term growth potential of the American economy.

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in modest quantities does enhance the rate of growth of the economy and does create higher standards of living, but in excess, creates very serious problems.

The addition of the Chinese economy to the global marketplace will result in a more efficient worldwide allocation of resources and will raise standards of living in China and its trading partners,

The economy suffered significant shocks in late summer and early autumn,

The economic fundamentals remain firm, and the U.S. economy appears to retain important forward momentum,

The growing stability of the world economy over the past decade may have encouraged investors to accept increasingly lower levels of compensation for risk.

The type of economy that we are dealing with at this particular stage is, I suspect, one that none of us has seen before, and indeed it may be unprecedented in our history, ... Our basic purpose is to keep that process going.