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The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.
George Soros
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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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It is much easier to put existing resources to better use, than to develop resources where they do not exist.
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We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.
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