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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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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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The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.
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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes
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Of course, speculation will always make a crisis worse. If there is a weak point, it will expose it.
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The hardest thing to judge is what level of risk is safe.
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As an anonymous participant in financial markets, I never had to weigh the social consequences of my actions ... I felt justified in ignoring them on the grounds that I was playing by the rules.
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I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong.
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Bush's war in Iraq has done untold damage to the United States. It has impaired our military power and undermined the morale of our armed forces. Our troops were trained to project overwhelming power. They were not trained for occupation duties.
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America needs to follow the policies it has introduced in Germany. We have to go through a certain de-Nazification process.
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Hedge funds are a very efficient way of managing money. But there are clearly some risks. Hedge funds use credit and credit is a source of instability. Transactions involving credit should be regulated.
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You could adjust the punishment to fit the infraction. Even a small fine would be enough to bring an errant government to heel.
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My approach works not by making valid predictions but by allowing me to correct false ones.
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Who most benefits from keeping marijuana illegal? The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade - and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.
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The main difference between me and other people who have amassed this kind of money is that I am primarily interested in ideas, and I don't have much personal use for money.
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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.
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Markets are imperfect. So you do need regulation, knowing that the regulators are also human.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.
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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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I admire Chancellor Merkel for her leadership qualities, but she is leading Europe in the wrong direction.
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