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I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.
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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the efficient market hypothesis because as a market participant I considered them so unrealistic that I never bothered to study them.
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When money is free, the rational lender will keep on lending until there is no one else to lend to.
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Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.
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The generally accepted theory is that financial markets tend towards equilibrium, and...discount the future correctly. I operate using a different theory, according to which financial markets cannot possibly discount the future correctly because the do not merely discount the future they help to shape it.
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Merkel has realized that the euro is not working, but she cannot change the narrative she has created because that narrative has caught the imagination of the German public, and the German public has accepted it.
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When it comes to social consequences, they've got all different people acting in different ways, very difficult to even have a proper criterion of success. So, it's a difficult task.
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It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse game where the mice are ruling. Because the latter means that the market participants are given free range. That was actually the big misconception of our national hero Ronald Reagan, who always talked about the magic of the market.
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I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs.
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The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. [This idea] happens to coincide with the prevailing opinion in the world. And I think that's rather shocking for Americans to hear.
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Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.
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Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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I have made it a principle to give advice that does not serve my personal interest but rather the common interests.
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An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others.
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Discount the obvious, bet on the unexpected
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There is no doubt that the countries that now have a very large debt have not introduced the kind of structural reforms that Germany did and are therefore at a disadvantage. But the problem is that this disadvantage is becoming even more pronounced through the punitive policies in place.
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