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I fancied myself as some kind of god or an economic reformer like Keynes

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George Soros
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 12
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There is very little difference between speculation and investment. The only difference is basically that investments are successful speculations because if you successfully anticipate the future you make a speculative profit.
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These public-private partnerships are very, very dangerous. The most rotten part of the financial system in the US consisted of the government sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They really kicked off this crisis. The state should set the rules and enforce them - but not become involved as a market player.
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Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with.
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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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China could easily emerge as the great winner if the Chinese leaders handle the situation well. On the other hand, they could also turn out to be the biggest losers if they handle it poorly. If the management turns out be wrong, this could lead to a political crisis in China.
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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention, and I wouldn't underestimate the value of that. But they're not designed to take care of social needs.
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Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.
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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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The generally accepted view is that markets are always right -- that is, market prices tend to discount future developments accurately even when it is unclear what those developments are. I start with the opposite view. I believe the market prices are always wrong in the sense that they present a biased view of the future.
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I am not a Zionist, nor am I am a practicing Jew, but I have a great deal of sympathy for my fellow Jews and a deep concern for the survival of Israel.
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In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.
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I think that my foundation uses the money better than the government does. In any event, I do pay taxes.
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I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what, in a sense, market fundamentalism does, because it is in the interests of people who have a lot of money to have as little taxes as possible.
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Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman.
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The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).
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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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As a society we can't live without moral considerations. We do have to protect the public good. And markets are not designed to do that, so we need a political process.
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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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A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to.
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The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I take the opposite position. I assume that markets are always wrong.
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